World War II

Francis Phillips | 30 January 2012 |

tags: warfare, World War II

World War II was not a straightforward death grapple between good and evil, says an eminent military historian.

Michael Kirke | 10 December 2010 |

tags: Churchill, Hitler, India, Stalin, World War II

Churchill's role in the Bengali famine of 1943, the slaughter of 40 million people caught between Stalin and Hitler, these are facts that two new books force us to face.

Zac Alstin | 10 September 2010 |

tags: terrorism, utilitarianism, World War II

Seventy years ago this week Nazi planes began a campaign of bombing civilian targets in London. Can we honestly say, “never again”?

Francis Phillips | 22 January 2010 |

tags: books, Churchill, World War II

Churchill was a giant among men and it is bracing to read of real leadership when so often we are led by pygmies.

Francis Phillips | 11 December 2009 |

tags: World War II

Unlike the proprietor of Rick's Café Américain in Casablanca, some of his compatriots stayed in Paris.