A new book on the battle is full of "contortions, omissions, misconceptions, mistakes and absurdities", argues Marc Morris.

How the Third Reich used Leonardo, Shakespeare, Martin Luther and others to bring a veneer of intellectual credibility to underpin its ideology.

We label Oliver Cromwell as a Roundhead and Prince Rupert as a Cavalier, but what of the conscripts who fought on both sides?

The psychic life of a nation told through private grief.

A new book shines a fresh light on the famous sea battles of the era of Nelson and Napoleon.

William Dalrymple's account of the first Anglo-Afghan war misses the big picture, argues David Loyn.

A thoughtful re-assessment of ethnic relations in Lusophone countries from Brazil to East Timor.

A book that attempts to explain why Anglo-Americans have been so committed to international co-operation disappoints.

The wartime role of Britain's black servicemen and women.

A vast study of the cultural exchanges across the Atlantic between 1250 and 1820.

The latest book by David Cannadine is a discussion of the interpretation of history, and an attempt to justify the discipline to the world.

A new book covers Egypt's intervention in Yemen, and how it led to the Six-Day War.