War: How Conflict Shaped Us, by Margaret MacMillan A. W. Purdue is impressed by a dazzling analysis of the human capacity for violence and how it has moulded our lives By A.W. Purdue 22 October
Winston Churchill: A Life in the News, by Richard Toye A. W. Purdue considers how Britain’s wartime prime minister was a lifelong master at keeping himself in the public eye By A.W. Purdue 6 August
The Battle for Christian Britain: Sex, Humanists, and Secularisation, 1945-1980, by Callum G. Brown A. W. Purdue is sceptical about an analysis of the great debates about sexual and other freedoms that marked the dawn of a more permissive era By A.W. Purdue 2 January
Me, Me, Me?: The Search for Community in Post-war England, by Jon Lawrence Book of the week: A. W. Purdue is impressed by a bold attempt to rethink the relationship between solidarity and ambition By A.W. Purdue 10 October
War and Chance: Assessing Uncertainty in International Politics, by Jeffrey A. Friedman A.W. Purdue is unconvinced by an attempt to put military planning on a more scientific footing By A.W. Purdue 1 August
Command: The Twenty-First Century General, by Anthony King Book of the week: Changes to methods of military leadership raise questions of who’s the boss, finds A. W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 21 February
Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper, by Helen Parr Book of the week: A. W. Purdue finds a work that combines military and social history to be gripping and poignant By A.W. Purdue 18 October
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History, by David Edgerton Book of the week: A. W. Purdue on an argument that relocates the roots of modern Britain in the post-war period By A.W. Purdue 28 June
To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk, by John C. Hulsman A. W. Purdue ponders a historical comparison of advisers to the world’s movers and shakers By A.W. Purdue 19 April
Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony, by Kori Schake Book of the week: Only once has a supreme global power peacefully ceded its reign to another, A. W. Purdue writes By A.W. Purdue 8 February
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World, by Erika Rappaport A. W. Purdue on a study that views the drink as the centrepiece of a new international economy By A.W. Purdue 14 September
Leningrad 1941-42: Morality in a City under Siege, by Sergey Yarov A. W. Purdue chews over a grim account of how civilised nature crumbles when starvation looms By A.W. Purdue 22 June
