Political

Simon Lemiuex asks why the Unionists dominated British politics between 1886 and 1906.

By reinterpreting the years before 1914 William Mulligan sees the 'July Crisis' in a fresh perspective.

Caught between the end of empire and the birth of NATO, Britain's postwar Labour government played a key role in the early stages of the Cold War.

Michael Scott-Baumann explains why Nasser is such an important figure in the Middle East in the twentieth century.

Robert Pearce examines the factors that led to Prussia's victory in the German civil war of 1866.

Lindsay Pollick reviews changing interpretations.

Graham Goodlad assesses the political skills that helped Charles II to escape the unenviable fates of his father and brother.

The American Civil War was not a simple struggle between slaveholders and abolitionists, argues Tim Stanley.

The Russian prime minister was shot during festivities to mark the centenary of the liberation of Russia's serfs on 14 September 1911.