Richard Overy
Richard Overy is a military historian. His latest book is Blood and Ruins: The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Allen Lane).
Searching in vain for Hitler’s lethal edict
These two new histories of the holocaust add little to what is already known
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
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A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
