The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power The First Time the Nazis Tried to Take Power
The year that broke Germany.
Jan 29, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
What Is the History of Fascism in the United States? What Is the History of Fascism in the United States?
In Fascism Comes to America, Bruce Kuklick traces the shifting meanings of the term “fascist” from its origins to the present day and how it has, over the years, gradually lost it...
Jan 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists MI5’s War Against British Intellectuals and Artists
The British Security Service’s futile record of harassment and surveillance.
Oct 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
What Can We Learn From the 1918 Pandemic? What Can We Learn From the 1918 Pandemic?
A recent history of the pandemic illuminates not just parallels with our moment but how a public health crisis can become a political one as well.
Dec 29, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis The Deep Roots of Liberal Democracy’s Crisis
A new history of North Atlantic democracies argues that they were already undergoing a serious crisis more than four decades ago.
Dec 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The German Century The German Century
A new book documents the ordinary lives of Germans caught in a country and century marked by regime change, economic catastrophe, and war.
Oct 4, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
A History of 19th-Century Britain Without the People A History of 19th-Century Britain Without the People
David Cannadine’s Victorious Century focuses on high politics to the exclusion of nearly everything else.
Apr 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The Men Who Made the Third Reich The Men Who Made the Third Reich
How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
The Ways to Destroy Democracy The Ways to Destroy Democracy
A new biography of Hitler offers us a warning from history.
Feb 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
Food Fights Food Fights
The use of food as a weapon during World War II.
Mar 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans