Interwar period

Peter Neville says that Bush and Blair failed to draw the proper lessons from Munich 1938 when they raised the spectre of Chamberlain and appeasement to justify their war against Saddam.

Robin Evans focuses on the role of the Basques during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.

Susan Pedersen introduces Eleanor Rathbone who devoted her career as a politician and social reformer during the turbulent interwar years to improving the lot of women and refugees.

Ben Vessey introduces the man whose experiences in the 1930s affected his decision to launch a disastrous operation against Egypt in 1956.

Once seen as doing too little to avert the depression and characterised as ‘Silent Cal’, the reputation of US President Calvin Coolidge is changing.

Did the British government suppress evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson’s divorce? Edward VIII’s marriage prompted changes to the law, but did it also break it?

Tim Grady explores life for the teachers and students in a Bavarian university in the 1920s and 1930s.

Sebastian Balfour recalls the use and effects of chemical warfare during, and after, the early decades of the twentieth century.

Mark Rathbone identifies the missing ingredients that prevented Liberal revival.