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Robert Pearce recommends a first-hand account of the Third Reich.

In 1947, as Zionist insurgents wreaked havoc, British special forces in Palestine adopted counterinsurgency tactics that attracted worldwide condemnation. David Cesarani discusses a scandal whose ramifications persist to this day.

Richard Cavendish remembers the first Native American hero, who died on 17 February 1909.

Hannah Boston explains how a single piece of evidence contributes to a wider understanding.

Richard Wilkinson questions the motives of important historical figures, and of historians writing about them.

Frances Borzello seeks to explain the rise of women’s clubs in London before the First World War – and their equally swift demise.

Mark Bryant examines the wartime work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of the famous ‘Old Bill’ character.

F.G. Stapleton introduces the ‘weather vane ideology’.

Graham Noble separates fact from Tudor propaganda.