Simon de Montfort was a colossus in English affairs during the 13th century, as this biography skilfully explains. What is revealed is…
David Stahel’s latest book, Retreat from Moscow: a new history of Germany’s winter campaign, 1941-1942, is here to add vital nuance to…
With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
This book is written rather in the style of an excellent set of lecture notes produced by a diligent tutor. Frank Ledwidge,…
In the 1950s, the Cold War was at its height. To many, it seemed to be a question of when, rather than…
Kate Webb was the war reporter who came back from the dead.…
Like a sort of Second World War smorgasbord, you can take a look and pull tasty morsels out of Hidden Places of…
At the time of his death in 1914, Bennet Burleigh was quite possibly the most famous war correspondent in the world. The…
Guns are an everyday feature of most military museums, but one weapon in particular has attracted a lot of attention. A WWI…
The victims of World War II are remembered in regular commemorations, but many of the fatalities have never been recovered. Now academics…