Godfrey Hodgson tells the colourful story of Jane McManus, political journalist, land speculator, pioneer settler in Texas and propagandist who believed that the United States had a ‘manifest destiny’ to rule Mexico and the Caribbean.
Tim Benson, founder of the Political Cartoon Society, introduces his ten favourite cartoons published in Britain.
Robin Milner-Gulland reviews a new title which explores the history, cultures, and politics of the Black Sea area.
Winston Churchill wrote history with an eye to his eventual place in it, David Reynolds tells us. His idea of history also inspired his making of it.
Robert Carr traces developments in British policy between 1917 and 1956.
Robert Pearce seeks to provoke thought on the origins of a momentous election result.
Jonathan Lewis takes issue with a common interpretation.
John Matusiak provides a post-revisionist perspective on Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
Richard Evans has written two articles for History Review explaining how a modern, progressive country surrendered to a brutal and murderous dictatorship. In the first, he traces Hitler's rise to the Chancellorship.
Howard Amos interrogates a key text on colonialism and assesses its influence.
