Interwar period

Ben Vessey introduces the man whose experiences in the 1930s affected his decision to launch a disastrous operation against Egypt in 1956.

Once seen as doing too little to avert the depression and characterised as ‘Silent Cal’, the reputation of US President Calvin Coolidge is changing.

Did the British government suppress evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson’s divorce? Edward VIII’s marriage prompted changes to the law, but did it also break it?

Tim Grady explores life for the teachers and students in a Bavarian university in the 1920s and 1930s.

Sebastian Balfour recalls the use and effects of chemical warfare during, and after, the early decades of the twentieth century.

Mark Rathbone identifies the missing ingredients that prevented Liberal revival.

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.

Jason Tomes looks at the reign of King Zog.

David Dutton analyses Austen Chamberlain's impact on British foreign policy, and European affairs, between the wars.