The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers redux
The 20th century’s most influential history book foresaw the collapse of the Soviet Union and rise of China. Thirty-five years…
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What Putin learned from Hitler
The two dictators considered themselves engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Western imperialism – and retaliated with their own plans…
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Churchill and the quest for greatness
Throughout his career, Britain’s wartime prime minister studied how other leaders – Roosevelt, Attlee, Stalin and Gandhi – exercised power.
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Still fighting the history wars
Debates about Britain’s colonial legacy are not just a product of Brexit or woke politics – empire has always been…
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The making of EP Thompson
The historian was driven by the mystery of his brother’s death fighting with anti-fascist partisans.
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The noble art of procrastination
I expend more energy planning work than doing it, but the writing routines of literary titans, from Balzac to Patricia…
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America is nothing more than a self-help society
On both the left and the right, political radicalism has given way to cultish self-improvement.
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In defence of “what if?”
Why counterfactual history is an essential tool for understanding the present.
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