About Potomac Books
Potomac Books has a long and distinguished pedigree. Founded in 1983 as the U.S. imprint of Brassey’s, a renowned British publishing house established in the nineteenth century, Brassey’s-U.S. was acquired by Books International in 1999 and renamed Potomac Books in 2004.
The University of Nebraska Press bought Potomac Books in 2013, acquiring its impressive backlist in military history, politics, current events, international affairs, terrorism, intelligence, and national security. As a general-interest imprint of UNP, Potomac continues to build on its strong roots in these fields, keeping readers informed about the critical issues and challenges of today’s world.
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Featured Books
From the UNP Blog
From the Desk of Diane Kiesel: Another Alpha Kappa Alpha Who Made an Impact Before Vice President Harris
Diane Kiesel is the author of She Can Bring Us Home: Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, Civil Rights Pioneer (Potomac Books, 2015). She Can Bring Us Home is the winner of the 2015 Richard Slatten Award for excellence in Virginia biography and the 2016 Colonial Dames of America Book Award for the best chronicle of American history [...]
News and Reviews
Books Cold War Resistance: The International Struggle over Antibiotics Praise in the LA Review of Books: “Landas’s book is timely in the COVID-19 era, not just because it shows how much control pathogens have over our lives but also because it shows how every country on earth will suffer in some way if a [...]