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17 January 2012
| spiked
Making a molehill out of a mountain Clint Eastwood’s biopic of J Edgar Hoover is more about the man’s personal identity than his historical significance
7 December 2011
| spiked
The forgotten history of Pearl Harbor Japan’s attack on the US 70 years ago was not a surprise, but rather the culmination of imperial rivalry
26 November 2010
| spiked review of books
Today, as Britain seeks to renew diplomatic links with India and Churchill is championed as a hero of multiculturalism, Madhusree Mukerjee’s shocking account of the exploits of the Empire is well worth reading
24 September 2010
| spiked
Battle of Britain: empires at war On the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Richard Overy’s account shoots down many a myth
29 June 2009
| spiked
Let’s go back to the Moon – and beyond As the 40th anniversary of the first manned moon landing approaches, backward attitudes here on Earth have tainted our view of lunar exploration
26 October 2007
| spiked
The Prussian master's brilliant analytical method in On War provides richer insights into the contemporary wars against terrorism than anything his glib critics have come up with
4 October 2007
| spiked
Sputnik: when American fears went into orbit When the Soviets put the first man-made satellite into space, 50 years ago today, the event launched an era of US self-doubt that continues to this day
17 August 2007
| Design Week, 14 June 1991
Soaring flights of fancy: Howard Hughes, the Spruce Goose and American power Back in 1991, when it had only just won the Cold War, the US looked shakier than it does today. And yet...
13 February 2007
| Spiked
War and deception in the Netherlands Black Book, Paul Verhoeven’s thriller about the Dutch Resistance to Nazi rule, is a cracking movie – and it raises important questions, too
8 September 2006
| spiked
Bin Laden and the arithmetic of war Both Al Qaeda and George Bush have unclear aims – and have taken relatively modest casualties
12 June 2006
| From the Archives: The Listener, 12 June 1986
Naval supremacy still rules the world From the North Sea to Ronald Reagan's 600-ship navy, it was the same story: who controlled the seas, controlled the Earth
21 October 2005
| spiked
All's quiet on the Trafalgar front Why the British elite won't utter the v-word on the bicentennial of Nelson's battle. |
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