John Crossland
Secret History (ii)
John Crossland compares the investigative approach of historians and journalists.
The Pity of War
John Crossland uncovers a conspiracy of silence from the records of Britain's First World War court-martial victims.
To Dig or Not to Dig?
John Crossland on the ethical dilemmas facing those who wish to dig out Battle of Britain planes and pilots.
The Dockers Who Won
John Crossland looks at the Dock Strike that succeeded in 1889.
Britain's Air Defences and the Munich Crisis
Was Britain prepared for war in 1938? Not in the air, argues John Crossland, as he investigates the myths and penny-pinching that nearly scuppered the Spitfire victors of the Battle of Britain.
The Xi’an Incident: The Beginning of the End for Chiang Kai-shek
The Xi'an Incident, a tragi-comic sequence of mutiny and kidnapping, marked a crucial stage in the struggle between Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and Mao Zedong’s Communists.