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The failure of bombing campaigns during the second world war and Vietnam shows that to win a war you have to capture territory.
A century since the dictator staged a coup, a party with fascist roots is once again in power.
Failing on the battlefield, Russia is now concentrating its fire against civilians in Ukraine’s major cities.
The mega dam in Jinja was meant to give Uganda energy independence, but this was constrained by Britain’s agricultural interests in Egypt.
Some of the key articles from our coverage of the war in Ukraine over the past week.
There’s now a hard-headed security rationale for further supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
A historian looks back at the success – and failure – of mass mobilization efforts by Russia and the Soviet Union.
Many Americans know a simple version of Holocaust history, in which their country played the savior. The reality isn’t so comfortable, a historian writes.
Displays of captured Russian weaponry aim to show the strength of the foe Ukrainians face, but also that victory is possible.
In much of eastern Europe historical memory of communist rule has been brought into sharp focus by the war in Ukraine.
The case showed how American justice meted out to US troops in second world war England was often racially biased.
As Japanese victims struggled to process the nuclear attack, many turned to religion. The way they understood the horror still has consequences today.
A city of contrasts, these books represent the heart and the violence of this Italian city.
Seven years in the making, this disturbing Australian film looks at the death of 100,000 citizens in during the second world war.
What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Kazakhstan have in common with Ukraine? Russian allegations that they are all overrun by Nazis.
The late 1970s marked a high point for economic equality in the UK. Returning to the progressive policies that made that possible could solve today’s cost of living crisis.
Oversimplified versions of the past lead to bad political decisions.
When it comes to writing historical fiction, one author finds that it’s the very human details that resonate with the reader.
The legacy of racism in both the United States and the United Kingdom has impacted the ability of Blacks and other ethnic groups to accumulate wealth.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Public History, Leeds Beckett University
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Principal Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Post-Soviet Cultural History and Film, Queen Mary University of London
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Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Professor in Communication Studies, McMaster University
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra