The Crossroads of Post-Imperial Britain The decades between the 1960s and 1980s presented Britain with an existential dilemma. Having lost […]
The Unlikely Alliance: Churchill and Stalin in the Face of Barbarossa On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, […]
The Brink of Collapse: Britain’s Desperate Situation By May 1940, the Third Reich’s blitzkrieg had shattered Western Europe. France’s vaunted […]
The Rise of Neville Chamberlain and the Spirit of Appeasement In May 1937, Neville Chamberlain succeeded Stanley Baldwin as Prime […]
The Powder Keg of Empire: Britain’s Struggle Over India In 1931, a political earthquake rattled the British Empire when Lord […]
From Imperial Policeman to Voluntary Pauper In the winter of 1927, Eric Blair—later known to the world as George Orwell—embarked […]
A Child of Empire: Orwell’s Formative Years Eric Arthur Blair, later known as George Orwell, was born in 1903 in […]
The Turbulent Rise of a Colonial Statesman In February 1921, Winston Churchill assumed the role of Secretary of State for […]
The Political Fallout of Gallipoli In early 1915, the catastrophic Gallipoli campaign nearly destroyed Winston Churchill’s political career. As First […]
The Gathering Storm: Britain at the Turn of the Century By 1908, Britain stood at a crossroads. The Boer War […]