In 1947, as Zionist insurgents wreaked havoc, British special forces in Palestine adopted counterinsurgency tactics that attracted worldwide condemnation. David Cesarani discusses a scandal whose ramifications persist to this day.
Richard Cavendish remembers Israel's own Iron Lady, who became Prime Minister on March 17th 1969
As a major conference on the nature of liberty opens, David Marquand questions the free and democratic legacy that British history has bequeathed to the country and citizens of today.
John Kirk charts the progress of the civil rights movement through its most prominent body, the NAACP.
Michael Dunne reflects on past US presidential Inaugurals, and the words which still resonate.
Vietnamese troops faced little resistance when they entered Cambodia's capital on January 7th, 1979.
A power struggle in postwar Germany erupted on January 5th, 1919.
Robert Pearce attempts to put the Prime Minister of 1970-74 into historical perspective.
Mark Rathbone asks why the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia emerged in the 1850s as the likely unifier of Italy.
Graham Goodlad assesses the conduct of British foreign policy in the era of the Congress system.
