Political

Was Margaret Thatcher’s government close to defeat during the dark days of the miners’ strike of 1984-85?

On November 1st, 1954, an insurrection broke out in Algeria.

Glenn Richardson looks at almost nine hundred years of enmity, jealousy and mutual fascination, a hundred years after the Entente Cordiale.

When Teddy Roosevelt was re-elected, on November 8th, 1904, his words to his wife Edith were: 'My dear, I am no longer a political accident'.

Hugh Purcell tells the story of the man who inspired the Home Guard, taught it guerrilla warfare and paid a price for his political beliefs.

Sami Abouzahr untangles US policy towards France at the time of the Marshall Plan and the war in Indochina.

Edward Falshaw completes his survey of questions on contemporary Britain.

John Etty charts the complex, and highly significant, relationship between Lenin and Stalin.

Vincent Barnett argues that surface differences should not cover up deep-seated similarities.

Philip Pedley sees fateful flaws in a famous agreement.