Conrad Black
FDR, the President whom nobody knew
Robert Dallek’s biography adds very little that is new to our knowledge of an almost totally inscrutable President
A Confederacy of Political Dunces
Double Down is a reminder of 2012’s uninspiring list of candidates for the presidency of the United States
Master and Commander
Churchill and Sea Power by Christopher M Bell exonerates the wartime Prime Minister of his alleged military mistakes
Max Hastings, the Repentant Europhile
The military historian and former editor has belatedly renounced his European faith. Can we expect further recantations?
The Strange Death of Liberal Canada
The darling of progressive intellectuals, Michael Ignatieff has just led his party to a shattering and possibly terminal election defeat
History’s Greatest Ponzi Scheme
Politicians sat on their hands as the mighty American economy was sent to its doom. What is to be done to prevent a repeat?
Henry the First
Kissinger’s Year: 1973 by Alistair Horne
US and Them
The Eagle and the Crown: Americans and the British Monarchy by Frank Prochaska
How Top Boys topple down crime’s ladder
Too many prisoners rejoin society with no education, stable housing or job prospects. No surprise that more than half reoffend within a year
In the bleak midwinter
Christmas can be a bleak time of year. While some feel isolated, others are overwhelmed by the need for a perfect family Yuletide when their reality is different
My warnings to our spy watchdogs
Britain is under attack from Russia. And the government is blocking a Parliamentary report that details it