Books

Kampfner has written a scrupulously researched yet not uncritical tribute to postwar Germany

Political memoirs can be essential, eye-popping reading if the subject is handled in the right way

If Hitler’s planned invasion of Britain had succeeded he would have found accomplices as fanatical as those in Europe

Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas

As Greene explained to his wife when their marriage ended, what made him a bad husband was precisely what made him a good writer

Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society

This biography is a testament to detailed analysis and intelligent insight, says Alexander Larman

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s polemic against coronavirus lockdowns is “a stale little bonbon”

Kurt Andersen’s ‘Evil Geniuses’ is a one-sided guide to the imminent future

Save yourself from ‘Rule Britannia: Brexit and the End of Empire’ by Danny Dorling and Sally Tomlinson