Interwar period

Robin Evans focuses on the role of the Basques during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath.

Susan Pedersen introduces Eleanor Rathbone who devoted her career as a politician and social reformer during the turbulent interwar years to improving the lot of women and refugees.

Ben Vessey introduces the man whose experiences in the 1930s affected his decision to launch a disastrous operation against Egypt in 1956.

Once seen as doing too little to avert the depression and characterised as ‘Silent Cal’, the reputation of US President Calvin Coolidge is changing.

Tim Grady explores life for the teachers and students in a Bavarian university in the 1920s and 1930s.

Sebastian Balfour recalls the use and effects of chemical warfare during, and after, the early decades of the twentieth century.

Mark Rathbone identifies the missing ingredients that prevented Liberal revival.

Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.

Jason Tomes looks at the reign of King Zog.