Political

Richard Kelly finds compelling links between England soccer managers and post-war political leaders

Mark Rathbone charts a dramatic transformation in the fortunes of the Liberal Party by examining its leaders.

Roger Spalding introduces one of the most important publications in modern world history.

California became the thirty-first state of the United States on September 9th, 1850.

Wilbur Miller investigates the historical background to law enforcement in the United States.

The reunification of Berlin’s libraries after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Robert Peel suffered a fatal fall from his horse on June 29th, 1850. He died three days later.

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.

Tony Stockwell looks behind the exotic facade to examine the role of the kings of Siam and Thailand in modernising their country.

Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.