Today’s featured articles
The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
When the aurora borealis appeared in the skies of 18th-century Europe, Enlightenment scientists first turned to history to understand it.
Karel Čapek’s speculative 1936 novel War with the Newts held dire warnings for interwar Europe.
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A 75th Anniversary Letter from the Editors
History Today was first published 75 years ago this month.
‘On Pedantry’ by Arnoud S.Q. Visser review
On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-It-All by Arnoud S.Q. Visser explores the long history of anti-intellectualism from the death of Socrates to the culture wars.
Our Readers on the 75th Anniversary
History Today was first published on 12 January 1951. Our readers and contributors share their memories of the magazine 75 years on.
The Ambassador, the Spy, and the Chocolatier
The 18th-century Dutch Republic was a hotbed of secretive Jacobite networks producing seditious pamphlets.
‘The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders’ by Laura L. Gathagan review
The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders, c.1031-1083: Embodying Conquest by Laura L. Gathagan traces the material legacy of the Conqueror’s consort.
The Rise and Fall of the US Army Camel Corps
The vast deserts of the American West posed logistical problems for the US Army. Camels offered a novel solution.
‘The Revolution to Come’ and ‘Revolutions: A New History’ review
Two recent books, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin by Dan Edelstein and Revolutions: A New History by Donald Sassoon, illustrate the past and future of revolutionary studies.
New Year Readers’ Resolutions
How to read more? We might take instruction from a more leisurely age.
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In the 75th Anniversary issue:
Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the wreck of San José, educating the Maharaja of Travancore, understanding the Aurora Borealis, and more.
Plus: reviews, opinion, crossword and much more!
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