Total War
The means, tactics and strategies employed by Vietnamese communist authorities against the occupying French.
Reviews
‘History of the Adriatic’ by Egidio Ivetic review
History of the Adriatic: A Sea and its Civilization by Egidio Ivetic explores the Mediterranean within the Mediterranean as a single historical space.
‘Muhammad, the World-Changer’ by Mohamad Jebara review
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait by Mohamad Jebara is a balanced rendering of the Prophet Muhammad’s life.
Bad Dreams
Divining disaster at Aberfan and beyond, in subjects from nocebos to lost cosmonauts.
The USSR in Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its effect on the international politics of the late Cold War era.
Object Lesson
The personal testimonies of conscientious objectors do not provide easy answers.
We are Family
From alliances, to open warfare; from tense meetings on bridges, to collective mourning at family funerals: French and English royalty were united by marriage and divided by war.
Cuban Perestroika
Tracing the decline of socialism through the lives of ordinary Cubans.
You and Whose Army?
Civil War politics amongst MPs and the New Model Army.
Return of the Marcos
A history of the Philippines’ 7,000 islands from the pre-colonial era to the present day.