Political

Ian Thatcher refuses to take Trotsky at his own valuation.

Paul Dukes assesses the roles of the major statesmen from Britain, the USA and the USSR during the Second World War and the onset of the Cold War.

Richard Grayson reveals the human side to a wartime Cabinet minister’s personal tragedy.

Roland Quinault finds alarming parallels for the recent London bomb attacks in the 1880s.

Following his re-election in 1952, Juan Peron was overthrown on September 19th, 1955.

Mark Roodhouse finds a dark secret in one of the champions of the 1945 Labour landslide.

Christopher Woodward considers the continuing power exerted by Napoleon on the French and British during his exile on St Helena up till, and beyond, his death.

Richard Cavendish charts the life of the Italian nationalist Guiseppe Mazzini.

Ian Bottomley introduces an exhibition which reflects a special moment in Anglo-Japanese relations in the 17th century, echoed today by a unique loan arrangement between the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds and the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, resting place of the first significant Shogun.

Lawrence Freedman describes how he came to write the official history of the Falklands campaign and tells us what he learned from the experience.