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Paul Dukes

By taking a rational, global overview of the past, historians can better understand the challenges facing humanity, says Paul Dukes.

Published June 9 2010
Paul Dukes assesses a work on the contributions of two leaders at the end of the Soviet era.
Published December 12 2007
Paul Dukes looks at "one of the best and one of the most useful" recent books on Stalin.  
Published April 18 2007
Paul Dukes examines two tales of Russian emigres.
Published February 15 2006
Paul Dukes on a pair of titles examining the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War.
Published November 16 2005
Paul Dukes examines a book on the sequels to 1945.
Published October 17 2005

Paul Dukes assesses the roles of the major statesmen from Britain, the USA and the USSR during the Second World War and the onset of the Cold War.

Published August 31 2005
Paul Dukes examines the historical roots of this month’s enlargement of the European Union.
Published April 22 2004
Paul Dukes looks at the ups and downs of the relationship between the land of the lions and that of the double-headed eagle.
Published June 15 2003
Paul Dukes reviews a study of the Joint Services School for Linguists, set up during the Cold War to aid UK intelligence operations.
Published March 19 2003
History Today asked a number of regular contributors to nominate the history book they considered was the best they had read in 1984.
Published August 5 2002
Paul Dukes analyses a number of books on the conflict.
Published August 5 2002
Paul Dukes looks back at the life and career of Professor John Erickson.
Published June 19 2002

Paul Dukes takes a fresh look at the Cold War in the light of some recurring themes of Russian and American history since the 18th century.

Published January 3 2001
Paul Dukes welcomes the current boom in historical fiction - but says novelists need to ground their stories in a soil of solid fact.
Published August 31 1999

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