Political

The organisation which would become the political arm of the Irish Republican Army was founded as a nationalist pressure group on November 28th, 1905.

Mussolini casts a long shadow. R J.B. Bosworth describes how Italians of both the left and the right have used memories of his long dictatorship to underpin their own versions of history and politics.

Geoffrey Best considers Winston Churchill’s growing alarm about the possibility of nuclear war, and his efforts to ensure that its horrors never happened.

Robert Carr assesses the nature of British rule in India during a key, transitional phase.

Simon Lemieux shows how a synoptic approach enables us to appreciate the true nature of the Irish Question.

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.