Reviews

Home Truths

The question of the responsibility of the ‘everyman’ and ‘everywoman’ remains a pressing one.

A History Fit for the Taliban

The story of Afghanistan from the 13th century until the present illuminates why the international intervention that began in 2001 failed to deliver.

The United Ideologies of America

A wise and readable narrative history of the United States is a reminder of how tenaciously previous generations have clung to the view that the country is the ‘last, best hope of earth’.

Under Good Birds

The role birds played in the lives – intellectual, practical, emotional and otherwise – of men and women in the ancient world.

Any Book You Like

A professionally organised covert industry satisfied the public’s demand for illicit books in the years before the French Revolution.

The Best History Books 2018

From the Thirty Years War to the ancient civilisation of Iran, from Anglo-American rivalries in the desert to the persecution of indigenous peoples, historians select their favourite books of the past year.