Britain at the Turning Point

Britain at the Turning Point

Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945 By Alan Allport. Knopf, 2026. Hardcover, 656 pages, $40. Reviewed by John P. Rossi. Advance Britannia is the second volume of Alan Allport’s history of Britain’s role in World War II. The first...
The British Empire on Trial

The British Empire on Trial

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning By Nigel Biggar. William Collins, 2023. Hardcover, 480 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Daniel J. Fischer. The urge to write history can strike almost anyone. Authors of major works of history in recent decades include people with graduate...
The Postwar British Conservative Movement

The Postwar British Conservative Movement

Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War By Kit Kowol. Oxford University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 352 pages, $38.99. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt. In Benjamin Disraeli’s great novel, Lothair, Mr. Phoebus remarks, “Books are fatal;...
Churchill in His Element

Churchill in His Element

The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan By Winston S. Churchill with an introduction by James W. Muller and foreword by Lady Soames. St. Augustine’s Press, 2021. Hardcover, 1560 pages, $150. Reviewed by Frank A. von Hippel. Winston...
The Conscience of a Nation

The Conscience of a Nation

The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought By Melvin L. Rogers. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 400 pages, $35.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. African American political thought has seen a resurgence in...