France

France's colonies have existed to serve the greatness of France. Johnson examines France's treatment of its various colonies, including French Polynesia, French Indo-China, and Tahiti.

Richard Wilkinson wonders why historians have accepted the Cardinal's extravagant assessment of himself.

Omer Bartov asks how the armies of lords and kings became the forces of peoples and nations.

T.C.W. Blanning argues that royalty in France undermined itself through mismanagement, despotism and sleaze.

Richard Vinen reveiws the early career of the former French President.

Omer Bartov traces the impact of people's armies from Napoleon to the First World War and beyond.

Glenn Richardson profiles the French king's relationship with Henry VIII and the cultural PR and diplomacy that went with it.

Mark Meigs uncovers a fascinating initiative enacted in France at the end of the First World War designed to turn American soldiers into students empowered with all the virtues of the Progressive era.

Was Napoleon's escape from his first exile unwittingly aided by his erstwhile opponents from Albion? Katharine MacDonogh weighs up the enigmatic response that certain British citizens showed towards their imperial prisoner.

For some in the years 1789-94, the people's drama in Paris was not fast enough at reflecting a world turned upside down. Michele Root-Bernstein looks at what was performed and how revolutionary it really was.