Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers
In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British.
In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British.
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Cold War Prophet by Edward Luce and Henry Kissinger: An Intimate Portrait of the Master of Realpolitik by Jérémie Gallon reveal the parallel lives of the Cold War frenemies.
On 13 September 1971 a plane carrying Mao’s anointed heir crashed in Eastern Mongolia. What really happened to Lin Biao?
European intelligence agencies assisted Mossad’s Wrath of God assassination campaign, while their governments condemned them.
How did Spain, Western Europe’s last dictatorship, become one of its most popular tourist destinations?
Malibu’s 1960s Beauty Farm aimed to get a new generation of teenagers marriage-ready
How did a Gulf backwater become a global powerbroker? Saudi Arabia: A Modern History by David Commins explores the uneasy alliance between oil, autocracy, and Wahhabism.
How did Swahili become an East African lingua franca? It was not by accident.
International cricket’s big day became its payday on 21 June 1975 when Australia faced the West Indies in the final of the first Cricket World Cup.
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West by Shaun Walker sheds light on the Soviet Union’s undercover intelligence gathering.