War: How Conflict Shaped Us, by Margaret MacMillan A.?W. Purdue is impressed by a dazzling analysis of the human capacity for violence and how it has moulded our lives By A.W. Purdue 22 October
Winston Churchill: A?Life in the News, by Richard Toye A.?W. Purdue considers how Britain¡¯s wartime prime minister was a lifelong master at keeping himself in the public eye By A.W. Purdue 6 August
The Battle for Christian Britain: Sex, Humanists, and Secularisation, 1945-1980, by Callum G. Brown A.?W. Purdue is sceptical about an analysis of the great debates about sexual and other freedoms that marked the dawn of a more permissive era By A.W. Purdue 2 January
Me, Me, Me?: The Search for Community in Post-war England, by Jon Lawrence Book of the week: A.?W. Purdue is impressed by a bold attempt to rethink the relationship between solidarity and ambition By A.W. Purdue 10 October
War and Chance: Assessing Uncertainty in International Politics, by Jeffrey A. Friedman A.W. Purdue is unconvinced by an attempt to put military planning on a more scientific footing By A.W. Purdue 1 August
Command: The Twenty-First Century General, by Anthony King Book of the week: Changes to methods of military leadership raise questions of who¡¯s the boss, finds A. W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 21 February
Our Boys: The Story of a Paratrooper, by Helen Parr Book of the week: A. W. Purdue finds a work that combines military and social history to be gripping and poignant By A.W. Purdue 18 October
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History, by David Edgerton Book of the week: A. W. Purdue on an argument that relocates the roots of modern Britain in the post-war period By A.W. Purdue 28 June
To Dare More Boldly: The Audacious Story of Political Risk, by John C. Hulsman A. W. Purdue ponders a historical comparison of advisers to the world¡¯s movers and shakers By A.W. Purdue 19 April
Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony, by Kori Schake Book of the week: Only once has a supreme global power peacefully ceded its reign to another, A. W. Purdue writes By A.W. Purdue 8 February
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World, by Erika Rappaport A. W. Purdue on a study that views the drink as the centrepiece of a new international economy By A.W. Purdue 14 September
Leningrad 1941-42: Morality in a City under Siege, by Sergey Yarov A. W. Purdue chews over a grim account of how civilised nature crumbles when starvation looms By A.W. Purdue 22 June
The Locomotive Of War: Money, Empire, Power and Guilt, by Peter Clarke Book of the week: A history of famous liberals shows how global conflict shaped them and us, writes A. W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 2 March
Searching for Lord Haw-Haw: The Political Lives of William Joyce, by Colin Holmes A.W. Purdue on the man whose narcissism led to his becoming a mouthpiece for the Nazis By A.W. Purdue 17 November
The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, 1917-1923, by Robert Gerwarth A.?W. Purdue on the suffering of populations of multi-ethnic empires in the years after the Great War By A.W. Purdue 29 September
Crusoe¡¯s Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and?Madness, by Andrew Lambert Tales of marooned mariners helped Britain to see itself as a global power, A.?W. Purdue hears By A.W. Purdue 22 September
Disraeli: The Novel Politician, by David Cesarani Fresh perspectives on a 19th-century Tory leader can be gleaned from his fiction, finds A.W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 26 May
The Habsburg Empire: A New History, by Pieter M. Judson A. W. Purdue on a bold and refreshing revisionist study By A.W. Purdue 12 May
History¡¯s People: Personalities and the Past, by Margaret MacMillan A.?W. Purdue on a perceptive look at those who shaped, and were shaped by, their times By A.W. Purdue 7 April
A History of the Royal?Navy: Empire and?Imperialism, by Daniel Owen Spence In addition to its firepower, Britain¡¯s fleet exerted an immense soft power that underscored the imperial project, A.W. Purdue writes By A.W. Purdue 11 February
Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance, by Robert Gildea A.?W. Purdue on a study of the disparate groups in a movement often thought of as a united force By A.W. Purdue 5 November
1916: A Global History, by Keith Jeffery A scholar mounts a strong argument for one year being a decisive one for the world, says A. W. Purdue By A.W. Purdue 24 September
Yanks and Limeys: Alliance Warfare in the Second World War, by Niall Barr A.?W. Purdue on the conflicting interests of the Americans and British By A.W. Purdue 30 July