The novelist, Edward Rutherfurd, has written a new book simply called 'China' which is set in the China of the 19th century, covering...

Peace, but only short-lived for war comes again in 1998 Dayton Agreement 1995 is only a partial success because largely of Milosevic, who...

Into Parliament, into a lifelong relationship, and into a new Party 1900-04/08 Enters House of Commons in February 1901 following his...

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Russia Martin Sixsmith A one volume history of Russia through the centuries Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Simon Sebag...

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece on my blog about Rural History. Today, I am writing about one aspect of Urban History, namely 'Rus in...

From good history to insights into contemporary politics to ..........! The Past Masters Harold Macmillan British Politics and...

A long time ago a British Prime Minister said of Czechoslovakia, 'How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging...

Largely Bosnia Herzegovina Recap Sarajevo Siege (Bosnian capital besieged by Yugoslav Army (Serb)) Background Fighting Atrocities NATO...

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The American Century and Beyond by George herring Douglas Macarthur by Arthur Herman (plus some references in Mau by Philip Short)

First, apologies for not placing on the blog a history/folklore article for a little while. I seem to have been very busy recently. ...

The Cold War P.Roberts The Berlin Wall F.Taylor One of the most comprehensive histories The Cold War J. Lewis Gaddis The...

War continues and spreads 1991-2 Short recap from last week Serb enclaves in Croatia: Slavonia and The Krajina Dubrovnik besieged Vukovar...

The Transition Period in Churchill's Life. Part 1: 1898-99 Answer to Nathan's question of last week: Kitchener and Cyprus...

Karl Doenitz and the last days of The Third Reich Barry Turner Promise me you'll shoot yourself Florian Huber Berlin: The...

With Kitchener in The Sudan 1898 Context and Personalities of 'The River War' WSC networks ruthlessly to get a ringside seat A real...

Towards and Into War Introduction Collapse of Easter European Communism Yugoslavia's last chance: Ante Markovic Radovan Karadzic Dusko...

Many of you will have read articles in the Press relating to the death of Napoleon on St Helena exactly 100 years ago. The latest...

There are hundreds of books on the subject but here are just a few. My top three 1 Sand and Steel P.Caddick-Adams 2 Normandy...