History Today

Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.

Richard Wilkinson considers the character and standing of the much-despised Nazi Foreign Minister.

Paul Brassley puts MAFF's policy towards Foot and Mouth Disease into historical perspective.

In 1945 Tito wrote. ‘We mean to make Yugoslavia both democratic and independent’. How was this possible, asks Basil Davidson, for a war-torn Communist country in a world of super-powers?

John Laurence presents a Reporter’s View of Vietnam.

Ron Noon explains the birth and examines the impact of a potent symbol of free enterprise.

David Dean looks at an Ontario exhibition presenting a new image of the Bard.

Daniel Snowman meets the historian of modern Ireland and biographer of Yeats.

Matthew Hughes on new evidence on the 1961 death of the UN Secretary-General.

Rosalind D’Eugenio reviews 300 years of academic history.