The Nuclear Taboo
The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.
Volume 69 Issue 12 December 2019
Beyond Profit
The Dutch role in the slave trade cannot be dismissed as a matter of numbers.
Stauffenberg: Portrait of a Plotter
The views and actions of the man who tried to kill Hitler.
Gossiping with the Dead
At what point does memoir become biography and biography become history?
Securing Antarctica by Treaty
The Antarctic Treaty on the governance of the ‘white continent’, signed in 1959, became a trailblazing model for the world. But the future of Antarctica remains contentious.
On the Spot: Julia Lovell
What’s the most important lesson history has taught me? To try to see things from multiple angles.
The Studious Resistance of Marc Bloch
A French medieval historian, who served his country in both world wars, helped pioneer a new approach to history in between them.
Unravelling the History of Wool
The lore and history of knitting in the British Isles.
Divided Loyalties in the Medieval World
To whom should one pledge fealty? Lord, king, brother or nation?
The Velvet Revolution In The Regions
Viewed from Prague, the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia was ‘joyful’. But, as some Czechs would discover, not all revolutions are equal.