Recently added articles from History Review:
A life in the political centre: the 14th Earl of Derby: R. E. Foster examines the reputation and political stature of a three-times prime minister.(PROFILES IN POWER)(Biography)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 14th Earl of Derby is the longest-serving leader of a British political party since 1815, and the first of only four people to have held the office of Prime Minister on at least three separate occasions. But who today ...
Native Americans and the federal government: Andrew Boxer traces the origins of an issue still current today.(TALKING POINTS)(Essay)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At the start of the twentieth century there were approximately 250,000 Native Americans in the USA--just 0.3 per cent of the population--most living on reservations where they exercised a limited degree of self-government. During the course of the ...
Christian humanism: from Renaissance to Reformation: Lucy Wooding introduces a highly significant, but often much misunderstood, cultural force.(TALKING POINTS)(Essay)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'Immortal God, what a world I see dawning! Why can I not grow young again?' This was written in 1517 by Desiderius Erasmus, the most famous of all Christian humanists. He was surveying the European culture he knew so well and was full of hope for the ...
The Munich effect: Mark Rathbone analyses the continuing influence of the Munich conference on post-war events.(THE UNPREDICTABLE PAST)
Sep 01, 2009; ... As Neville Chamberlain returned to 10 Downing Street on 30th September 1938 after the Munich Conference, he went to the first floor window to acknowledge the crowd which had gathered outside and declared, 'My good friends, this is the second time in our history there has come back from ...
D'Annunzio, Fiume & fascism: Robert Pearce examines the career of Mussolini's forerunner.(PROFILES IN POWER)(Gabriele d'Annunzio)(Biography)
Sep 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In September 1919 an escapade began that left statesmen 'fiuming' and transformed the fortunes of an Italian adventurer. Soon the name Gabriele d'Annunzio was on everyone's lips. As a celebrated Italian poet, novelist, dramatist and philosopher, as well ...