Reading History: The First World War
Hew Strachan reviews historians' approaches to the Great War.
Military
The War Against Paris 1871
Robert Tombs
Before Hiroshima: The Bombing of Japan 1944-45
Gordon Daniels on the sustained bombardement of the Japanese mainland, prior to the use of the Atomic bombs.
Reliving the Civil War
Ian Roy on an excellent, if individual, guide to the English Civil War
War and the Past
D.G. Chandler concludes our year-long survey of the nature of military history.
Empire, Race and War in Pre-1914 Britain
Michael Howard on the culture of imperial Britain in the face of international competition in the economic and military spheres.
War and the Past - The Pen in Support of the Sword
D.G. Chandler continues our series, looking at the relevance of military history in contemporary training for the armed forces.
War and the Past
Richard Holmes continues our series with a look at the Problems of Military Biography.
War and the Past
J.L. Pimlott looks at Military Administration and the Historian.
The Mystery of Francis Drake's Californian Voyage
Why was Francis Drake in the Pacific in the 1570s? Was the Golden Hind bound on a trade voyage or was there a deeper political motive? The documents are lost, but David Cressy feels the historian can still speculate.