‘Contradiction on Stilts’
A uniquely personal take on the transfer of power in Hong Kong.
Reviews
Assassin’s Creed
Was the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson the ‘murder that triggered the Irish Civil War’?
‘Inventing the Alphabet’ by Johanna Drucker review
Inventing the Alphabet: The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present by Johanna Drucker explores the birth of the alphabet before the Greeks.
Survival of the Least Fit
Is there a trend of ‘reverse Darwinism’ in Russian history?
Total War
The means, tactics and strategies employed by Vietnamese communist authorities against the occupying French.
‘History of the Adriatic’ by Egidio Ivetic review
History of the Adriatic: A Sea and its Civilization by Egidio Ivetic explores the Mediterranean within the Mediterranean as a single historical space.
‘Muhammad, the World-Changer’ by Mohamad Jebara review
Muhammad, the World-Changer: An Intimate Portrait by Mohamad Jebara is a balanced rendering of the Prophet Muhammad’s life.
Bad Dreams
Divining disaster at Aberfan and beyond, in subjects from nocebos to lost cosmonauts.
The USSR in Afghanistan
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its effect on the international politics of the late Cold War era.
Object Lesson
The personal testimonies of conscientious objectors do not provide easy answers.