"Roberts'spopulist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at theexpense of accuracy. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is trulyimpressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compellingnarrative stunning." --The Daily Telegraph Hailedby The Economist as "Britain's finest military historian" forbestsellers such as Masters and Commanders and Waterloo, AndrewRoberts offers a magisterial new history...