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Russel Tarr compares and contrasts the rise to power of two Communist leaders.

Russell Tarr explains how the Bolsheviks established their grip on Russia after the 1917 Revolution, and at what cost.

In recent decades few fields of historical inquiry have produced as rich a body of work as the British Civil Wars.

Fifty years on from Winston Churchill’s death, Chris Wrigley surveys the literature available, highlighting key works and lesser-known titles.