Military

The Eternal City was captured after a year-long siege on December 17th, 546.

Vasily Andreev on how far War (and the fear of it) has fuelled innovation this century.

Richard Cavendish visits one of the most evocative regimental museums in the country.

Mark Mazower investigates what happens to children in the aftermath of war and conflict.

Graham Darby spins a thread to guide you through the labyrinth of The Causes of the Thirty Years War.

Jeremy Black passes judgement on British foreign policy 1688-1815.

Shell-shocked - a phrase redolent of the Western Front and the Great War. But was it also a reality fifty years earlier on the killing fields of Virginia? John Talbott investigates.

John Cummins uses the 400th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake's death to reassess the man, his life and the legends surrounding him.

Mack Holt argues that the early-modern obsession with tradition was sometimes a deliberate smokescreen for innovation.