These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia took Finland from Sweden (1809) and when it partitioned Poland (1795)," said ...

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Best books of 2023: ... "Goodbye, Eastern Europe" is a lively and sweeping history of a complicated region of the world. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Some places feel straight out of a medieval legend—stone walls stretching into the distance, towers rising above the rooftops, and narrow lanes winding through centuries of history... Carcassonne, the ...

CRUSADE FOR PAN-EUROPE—Richard N. Coudenhove-Kalergi—Putnam ($3.50). Thousands of U.S. citizens have been taking their ideas on postwar international organization from Walter Lippmann's ...

A new school history book is causing controversy in Switzerland, because of its treatment of the country's role during World War II. The book, called Hinschauen und Nachfragen or Look Back and Ask ...

The new books include a glorified account of Russia's history, derision aimed at its enemies and justifications for the invasion of Ukraine. Issued on: 05/09/2023 - 19:41 5 min Reading time ...

A satisfactory brief introduction to the history of Europe since the peace settlement. The author reviews the treaties and general problems arising from them and then surveys the developments in each ...

As Martyn Rady informs us in “The Middle Kingdoms,” “invasion is a recurrent theme in Central Europe’s history,” lying, as the region does, between the powers of France and Germany in ...

As they are set to contest the 2024/25 Champions League final against PSG on Saturday, Inter hope to write their name in the European history books as the latest continental champions.

Kate Vigurs’ first book, Mission France, told the stories of the 39 women agents of the Special Operations Executive who were active in that country during the Second World War.