Political

An American Coup d'Etat?

Did America's far right plot against Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal - only to be foiled by a retired Marine Corps general? Clayton Cramer lifts the lid on an intriguing but little-known tale.

The Battle for Art in the 1930s

David Elliott looks at how Mussolini, Stalin and Hitler used culture to their own ends and how the ramifications of this has continued to the present.

Futurism and Fascism

Italy's Futurists - led by Filippo Marinetti - exploded onto the European cultural scene during and after the Great War with all the garishness and fizz of some of their founder's anarchic recipes. But was the menu taken up by Mussolini and his Fascists? Richard Jensen investigates.

Who Voted For Hitler?

David Welch attributes the Nazi leader's electoral success to much more than slick propaganda.

Richelieu

Richard Wilkinson wonders why historians have accepted the Cardinal's extravagant assessment of himself.