The dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the spread of Perestroika throughout the former Soviet bloc was a sea change in world history...
Cecile Laborde argues that religion is more than a statement of belief or a moral code. It refers to comprehensive ways of life, theories of...
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The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a poet who, as T. S. Eliot put it, 'divides the world...
This concise people's history of Europe tells the story of the last hundred years of a very old continent and the ordinary people that shaped...
During a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went wrong: Hitler came to power, Japan invaded Jehol and left the league...
This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from...
How the West sleepwalked into another Cold War A native of Yalta, Constantine Pleshakov is intimately familiar with Crimea's ethnic tensions and complex political history....
",This is the E8,", my father said. ",It runs from London to Moscow.",For a million years people have been travelling throughout Europe, from the mysterious...
'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and SteelGeography is Destiny...
A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best...
When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest and most powerful empire in...
The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II – published for the first time ever in English. The most intimate insight into the longest-serving...
'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen JonesIt's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on...
A crown jewel of New Left historiography, this overview of U.S. Marxism was hailed on its first publication for its nuanced storytelling, balance and incredible...
The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of...
The possibilities of flight have long fascinated us. Each innovation captivated a broad public, from those who gathered to witness winged medieval visionaries jumping from...
We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we’re living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant,...
