History Review

Graham Darby provides a timely reconsideration of why the conflict went on for so long and why the Central Powers lost.

To mark the quincentenary of Louis Xll's accession in 1498, Glenn Richardson examines the French king's reign and suggests significant points of comparison with Henry Vll of England.

Controversy has raged about Hitler's military and economic preparations for war. Did he intend a world war or a series of short conflicts? Richard Overy argues that Hitler drew the lesson from 1914-18 not that a major war should be avoided but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, this time, she would win.

A profile of the issues raised by A level questions on this history topic.

John Morrill re-examines a stormy period of religious history.

Bruce Waller looks at recent debate about modern Germany's greatest statesman.

Robert Frost reveals a neglected influence on his reforms.

John Dunne signposts main landmarks and current directions in the historiographical debate.

Jeremy Black charts its growth in Victorian Britain.

Clive Emsley argues that nineteenth-century perceptions owed more to media-generated panic than to criminal realities.