Horse Power
Russia Against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Castles of the Imagination
From Wales to Syria, fortresses are monuments to an age of chivalry — but some are only castles in the air
Ripping Yarns
The Storm of War by Andrew Roberts Do we really need another history of the Second World War? That’s the question that immediately comes to mind on picking up Andrew Roberts’s weighty
Booking a Place in History
The publisher George Weidenfeld has died at the age of 96. In 2009, he looked back at an eventful life and forward to his vision of the future in a dialogue with
When Britain Feared the Blackshirts
The novelist Nicholas Mosley, who has died at the age of 93, discusses the rise and fall of British fascism with Raymond Carr in a Standpoint dialogue from 2009
The Promised Land?
Balfour & Weizmann: The Zionist, the Zealot and the Declaration which Changed the World by Geoffrey Lewis'A Senseless, Squalid War': Voices from Palestine 1945-1948 by Norman RoseOne State, Two States: Resolving the
Not Tonight, Pauline
Venus of Empire: The Life of Pauline Bonaparte by Flora Fraser
To One War, 55 Marks
This year’s war on expenses is nothing compared to the one started in 1939 – World War II In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes,”
Arms and the Man
The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by David Kilcullen; War Since 1990 and War: A Short History by Jeremy Black
Cycle of Violence
The Last Crusaders: The Hundred-Year Battle for the Centre of the World by Barnaby Rogerson
Facing the Music
Ronald Harwood's plays tackle the thorny issue of great artists accused of collaborating with the Nazis
D-Day’s Divided Divisions
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor