History Today

Books of the Year 2019

Covering Hong Kong, the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, porcine inebriation and the Battle of Algiers, nine historians select their favourite books of the past year.

The Nuclear Taboo

The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.

December Quiz

Who was the ‘Father of History’? Do you know which was the first city to be bombed from the air?

Beyond Profit

The Dutch role in the slave trade cannot be dismissed as a matter of numbers.