The Madman in the White House by Patrick Weil review
Delusions of grandeur: a ‘psychobiography’ of Woodrow Wilson.
USA
Don’t Look Up
Hawai‘i’s Mauna Kea is among the best places in the world to study the universe, but the construction of a new super telescope is about more than astronomy.
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Second Act
After the death of her husband in 1945, Eleanor Roosevelt left the White House and embarked upon a new career as ‘First Lady of the World’.
Cromwell in America
As America built a vision of its past Oliver Cromwell became both angel and demon.
The Man behind the Leader
Bayard Rustin, African American civil rights leader, was also a pacifist, a socialist and a gay rights activist.
Good as Gold
The absence of formal government on the American frontier emboldened miners to take powers usually reserved to the state, subjecting criminals to their own brand of vigilante justice.
Puerto Rico: The 51st State?
Puerto Rico’s future might be statehood, independence or more of the status quo, but change is unlikely to be won through voting alone.
The War in Words
What did British officers think of the American Civil War as it was happening?
A History of Violence
The CIA has veered far from the purpose for which it was founded. Intended to gather and collate intelligence, it became instead a secretive organisation accountable to no one, which had disastrous consequences for Latin America.
Choosing Sides
The first Native American troops to enlist for Federal service were fighting to return to their own lands.