Frank McDonough

Bookwatch - Hitler

Frank McDonough looks at a lively introduction to the Fuhrer.

Published December 1 1996

The Boer War - A Struggle for Mastery in South Africa

Frank McDonough looks at recent thinking on the origins of the war of 1899-1902

Published December 1 1996

The Role of the Individual in History

Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.

Published March 1 1996

Chamberlain - Guilty Man or National Saviour?

Frank McDonough reviews the debate over Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy

Published December 1 1995

The Thanks of the Fatherland; & In the Wake of War

Frank McDonough looks at two new works on post-war Germany

Published July 31 1994

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Lords of the Northern Forest

The Hudson's Bay Company was one of the central forces moulding the development of the vast tracts of land that today are Canada - but as Barry Gough explains here, the circumstances of its launch in 1670 also reveal much about the commercial forces, personalities and rivalries of Restoration England.