30 January, 2012
The Law of Boundaries
Annabel S. Brett's Changes of State analyses the legal paradoxes surrounding the historical definition of statehood.
Category: History
16 January, 2012
An Enormous Will at Work
John Nery's Revolutionary Spirit assesses the legacy of José Rizal's struggles for independence.
12 December, 2011
The Imperial Code
David French's The British Way in Counter-Insurgency, 1945-1967 revisits a faded empire's tactics of suppression.
28 November, 2011
Weathering Conflict
Andrew Roberts' The Storm of War embarks on a new history of World War II, addressing the inevitability of Nazi defeat.
14 November, 2011
La Ville-Lumière
David McCullough's The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris recounts the history of US migration to the City of Light.
25 July, 2011
Surveying a Nation
Rachel Hewitt's Map of a Nation traces the institutional history of Britain's geographical self-image.
16 May, 2011
A Scourge of Zealots, Cheats, and Bores
Adam Sisman's Hugh Trevor-Roper traces the life of “the leading historian of his generation".
2 May, 2011
An Interview with Niall Ferguson
Ferguson deplores waning Western self-confidence and counsels engaging children with the brushstrokes of history.
