The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Policing America
Wilbur Miller investigates the historical background to law enforcement in the United States.
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A Tale of Two Libraries
The reunification of Berlin’s libraries after the fall of the Berlin Wall
Death of Sir Robert Peel
Robert Peel suffered a fatal fall from his horse on June 29th, 1850. He died three days later.
Who Started the Korean War?
To Cold War hawks the ambitions of Stalin lay behind Kim Il Sung. Only with the opening of archives some 50 years later did Soviet responsibility for the Korean War become known.
Thailand’s Modernising Monarchs
Tony Stockwell looks behind the exotic facade to examine the role of the kings of Siam and Thailand in modernising their country.
The Dutch in Japan
Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.
Lord Lansdowne and British Foreign Policy 1900-1917
Richard Wilkinson argues that, for all his faults, a case can be made for the aloof aristocrat at the Foreign Office in 1900-1905.
The Making of Enemies - Deteriorating Relationships between Britain and Germany, 1933-1939
Peter Clements assesses why two nations which seemingly had so much in common at the beginning of the 1930s were at war with each other by the end of the decade.
The Roles of Lenin and Stalin in the Russian Revolution
How should we interpret the Bolshevik Revolution, in the light of later events? Michael Lynch explains the issues with which we have to grapple and gives tips on how to impress the examiners.
Selling Argentina’s Dictatorship: Propaganda and the Peróns
With Evita as its star, Juan Perón’s propaganda campaign won Argentina's affection for the populist dictatorship, at least for a while.