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A new treaty on the governance of Antarctica, signed in 1959, became a trailblazing model for the world. But the future of the ‘white continent’ remains contentious.
How the humble radio station organised resistance, inspired the masses and countered powerful settler propaganda.
It is among the most commercial as well as maligned fields of history. Four distinguished scholars consider its value – and its future.
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Napoleon: Two Centuries of Life after Death
Revolutionary soldier or tyrannical emperor? The question is as pertinent now as when Bonaparte died in exile on remote Saint Helena in 1821.
Popes: Power to the People
In the aftermath of the Reformation, the authority of the pope depended ever more upon the will of the people.
America’s Western Problem
Indigenous peoples in the West of the United States continued to be held in bondage long after the abolition of plantation slavery in the South.
Fiume for Fiumians
The multi-layered complexity of ‘Europe’s smallest successor state’ between 1918 and 1921.
Turn on, Tune in, Fight Back
How the humble radio station organised resistance, inspired the masses and countered powerful settler propaganda.
Revolting Romantics
The story of a young William Blake warning Thomas Paine of impending danger is one of the great myths of English Romanticism. But did it happen?
Is There Too Much Military History?
It is among the most commercial as well as maligned fields of history. Four distinguished scholars consider its value – and its future.
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Volume 71 Issue 5 May 2021
In the May issue:
Napoleon: Two Centuries of Life After Death, Slavery in the American West, Popes, Melancholy, the Irish War of Independence, John Brown, Polling in a Pandemic, Yemen.
Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more!
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