...succumb to communist expansion, and that only the United States could prevent the extension of Soviet domination to Europe, the Middle East and Asia Bankruptcy and bad weather In the...
...and democratic capitalism was the prescribed prophylactic. In March, Marshall had told Bevin that ‘The United States were ready to pay a high price for the Unity of Europe’[1] and...
One hundred years ago today US President, Woodrow Wilson, gave his famous speech to Congress articulating the Fourteen Points and principles that he believed should be the foundation of post-war...
...1949: signature of the North Atlantic Treaty Today, NATO is 70, its membership at 29. In recent years NATO’s remit and solidarity has been adapted, confirmed, extended and questioned, but...
...1940 about 11,000 children were privately funded to travel overseas, many to the United States. Between July and September 1940, a further 3000 were sponsored by the government to travel...
75 years ago today, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain flew back from Munich after two days of tense discussions with the German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler. He had reached an agreement setting...
...but prime ministerial responses to the Great War are, in fact, crucial to how we remember today in some quite unexpected ways. 'Great War generation' For each of the 23...
...Foreign Ministers who would dominate European diplomacy for the rest of the 1920s: Austen Chamberlain (United Kingdom), Aristide Briand (France) and Gustav Stresemann (Germany). Left to right: Gustav Stresemann, Austen...
This year marks the 800th anniversary of the granting of Magna Carta by King John. Today, the Great Charter is viewed as the foundation of many of our rights and...
100 years ago today saw the first German airship raids on Britain when two Zeppelins attacked the coastal towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn, Norfolk. In this post, Professor...