History Review, Issue: 61

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Dissolving the Dissolute? Henry VIII and the end of English Monasticism

R. E. Foster puts the dissolution of the monasteries into historical context.

Dr Goebbels: The Man Who Made Hitler?

Robert Pearce investigates the career of the Third Reich’s ‘evil genius’.

History at IB Level

Russel Tarr introduces the new International Baccalaureate, assessing its advantages and disadvantages compared with A Levels.

Hollywood Blockbusters and Historical Reality

Michael Morrogh sees value in historical films, despite their evident imperfections.

James I and the Puritans

John Spiller assesses James I’s impact on the Puritans and the Puritans’ impact on James I.

Lloyd George and the Generals

Richard Wilkinson recreates the contest that marked, and marred, the British war effort in 1914-18.

Louis XIV

Simon Dixon has enjoyed a new biography of the ‘Sun King’.

Making Sense of 19th Century Nationalism

F.G. Stapleton introduces the ‘weather vane ideology’.

Pitt the Elder

Graham Goodlad reviews the controversial career of William Pitt the Elder, whose ascendancy coincided with Britain’s involvement in the Seven Years’ War.

Turning Points in the Vietnam War

Viv Sanders takes issue with some all too common assumptions.

‘Evil May Day’: Re-examining the Race Riot of 1517

Graham Noble separates fact from Tudor propaganda.

‘U-turn if you want to…’

Mark Rathbone analyses the causes and consequences of sudden changes of policy in nineteenth-century British politics.