The Bombing of the King David Hotel
The bombing of the King David Hotel – the British headquarters in Mandatory Palestine – killed 91. What role did terrorism play in the birth of the state of Israel?
Cold War
From Kennedy’s Cold War to the War on Terror
Gareth Jenkins looks for continuities in American foreign policy from the 1960s to the 2000s.
The First Hydrogen Bomb
The first US airdrop of a thermonuclear bomb happened on May 20th, 1956.
The My Lai Massacre and the War at Home
The US army’s mass murder of unarmed civilians at My Lai became a watershed in public perceptions of the Vietnam War.
Britain’s Defence Policy in a Nuclear Age
Ian Cawood shows how British policy-makers adapted to the changing world after 1945.
Animal Farm and Soviet Satire
George Orwell’s ‘fairy story’ on the USSR was politically inconvenient in 1945. Opinions on Animal Farm were soon revised, but its targets – and its author – are easily misunderstood.
Berlin: The Flash-Point of the Cold War, 1948-1989
David Williamson explains why events in Berlin twice threatened to unleash a third world war.
Florida: Front-Line State in 1962
Mark Weisenmiller explains how, forty years ago, the ‘Sunshine State’ played a pivotal role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Reading History: The Cold War
Paul Dukes analyses a number of books on the conflict.
Another Brick In The Wall
Sean Lang has built his passion for history on several key experiences, both in terms of teaching and learning.