Military

Why did Charles I fight the Civil War?

Conrad Russell finds that it is easier to understand why sheer frustration may have driven Charles to fight than to understand why the English gentry might have wanted to make a revolution against him.

The Road to D-Day

Geoffrey Warner looks at the reasons for the delay in opening a second Allied Front.

D-Day Propaganda

Caroline Reed looks at the propaganda campaigns accompanying the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944.

The Impact of the Two World Wars on Africa

Taken from two eight-volume enterprises marking the coming of age of African history, Michael Crowder looks at the African reactions to the European colonial presence, rather than with the doings of the Europeans themselves.

Winning the War

A new booklet on the Ministry of Information and its wartime messages to the British public.

Why War?

John Keegan reflects on the motives for war throughout human history.