Modern British History

Part II of a two-part series on the final few months before World War II broke out, concluding the very long series on this site about Labour and Appeasement during the 1930s.

Part I of a two-part series on the final few months before World War II broke out, concluding the very long series on this site about Labour and Appeasement during the 1930s.

Part IV of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.

Part III of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.

Part II of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.

Part I of a 4-part series exploring recent scholarship on the history of rape and spousal murder in France, England, and the United States.

The post-war Attlee Government (1945-1951)--the first Labour Government to have a working majority--was one of the more important Governments of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there is great debate among British historians over the level of this importance, and the degree of change the Government effected. This two-part essay illustrates the basic ...

The post-war Attlee Government (1945-1951)--the first Labour Government to have a working majority--was one of the more important Governments of the twentieth century. Nevertheless, there is great debate among British historians over the level of this importance, and the degree of change the Government effected. This extend essay illustrates the basic ...

Book review on a book about criminal justice in Victorian Kent during the middle and late nineteenth century.

Book review of John G. Gallaher's Napoleon's Irish Legion,, a book about a legion initially set up in 1802 for a proposed invasion of the British Isles and later used in numerous Napoleonic campaigns.