20th Century

Lord Kinross unearths the problematic modern history of Cyprus.

Sir Robert Hodgson recounts his experience of interaction with Bolshevik diplomats.

On March 16, 1921 the first Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement was signed; Sir Robert Hodgson headed Britain’s Commercial Mission to Moscow.

Few incidents in the British rule of India have given rise to more acute controversy than Dyer's drastic action at Amritsar on April 13th, 1919. Whatever its rights and wrongs, it was indeed a decisive step towards "the end of Empire".

Despite a lack of style or personality, W.N. Medlicott argues, Neville Chamberlain overcame his unique capacity for being misunderstood to achieve a record of consistency.

D.W. Brogan

D.C. Somervell profiles the predominant figure in British politics during the interwar years.

J.D. Hargreaves on the turn-of-the-century visit of Russia's Nicholas II to France and its wider diplomatic ramifications.

Christopher Dawson profiles the historical writing of "the last of the encyclopaedists".

Leonard Schapiro examines the reasons behind the failure of the other revolutionary forces in revolutionary Russia.

Christopher Sykes delivers a historical backdrop to mid-20th century tension on the Persian Gulf.

Julian Piggott shows how, with the help of a puppet state on the Rhine, France between 1919 and 1923 attempted to solve the perpetual problem of her eastern frontier.