Yitzhak Rabin, by Itamar Rabinovich – An Extract
The Six Day War was fought between 5th and 10th June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt,…
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Remembering the 1967 Six Day War by Guy Laron
The Six Day War was fought between 5th and 10th June 1967 by Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt,…
The English Reformation: Was Henry VIII the founder of Roman Catholicism? by Peter Marshall
2017 marks 500 years since the Reformation. Peter Marshall, author of Heretics and Believers, asks whether Henry VIII really was…
‘War: An Enquiry’ by A. C. Grayling – an extract
For residents of the twenty-first century, a vision of a future without warfare is almost inconceivable. In War:…
A Little History of Economics – a short film with Niall Kishtainy
Author of A Little History of Economics, Niall Kishtainy, talks to Yale Books about why understanding economic history…
The Mongols and the Islamic World from Conquest to Conversion
The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Chinggis Khan and his…
Praetorian by Guy de la Bédoyère – an extract
In his latest work, Praetorian: The Rise and Fall of Rome’s Imperial Bodyguard, Guy de la Bédoyère traces the…
Women Reporters at the Front Line by Ray Moseley
On International Women’s Day, Reporting War author Ray Moseley celebrates the outstanding work of the courageous women reporters of…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 2 – by Niall Kishtainy
Welcome to part two of Niall Kishtainy’s A-Z of Economics. Compiled exclusively for the Yale Books Blog to celebrate the publication…
An A to Z of Economics: Part 1 – by Niall Kishtainy
To celebrate the publication of A Little History of Economics, we asked its author – writer, economist and historian Niall…
The private life of Il Duce: Mussolini and his last lover Claretta Petacci – by R. J. B. Bosworth
Italian’s fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, and his young mistress Claretta Petacci, are the subject of Claretta, R.J.B. Bosworth’s most…
Civil Wars by David Armitage – An Extract
For much of recorded history, the most frequent, horrific, destructive and yet strangely overshadowed form of collective human…
‘1016 and all that’ (with apologies to Sellar and Yeatman) by Timothy Bolton
One thousand years and a few months ago, Anglo-Saxon England was successfully invaded by Danes and their allies….
Declarations of Independence Then and Now by Steve Pincus
Steve Pincus’ latest book, The Heart of the Declaration, offers a new perspective on the influences that shaped the…
How Shakespeare Put Politics on the Stage: An Introduction by Peter Lake
In this remarkable literary and historical analysis, Peter Lake pulls the curtain back on what Shakespeare was really…