History Today

Rehabilitating the European dynasty

Michael Burleigh examines how the impact of German unification has affected the evaluation of the country's history from both sides of the former divide.

Hugh Brogan nominates Alexis de Tocqueville rather than Karl Marx as a useful guide to the new world order of history in the 90s.

Leah Leneman tells the little-known story of the role played by Scottish men, in the campaign to get women the vote in the years before the First World War.

Kate Lowe on Hong Kong's forgotten anniversary.

In the 19th century British interest in South America was a significant as in any of the colonies or dominions. But after 1914 it declined. Rory Miller explains how and why.

Colin Michie rings the bell at an early English hospital

Damien Gregory reports on protests surrounding the explorer's quincentenary celebrations.

Judy Litoff and David C. Smith sift through the hopes and fears of America's home front in this selection and commentary of letters they have assembled from wives, mothers and sweethearts during the Second World War.

What did Hirohito really think of the Second World War? After his death, diaries and memoirs from the Shōwa emperor’s court began to shed light on his role in the conflict.