Significant works reviewed by Engelsberg Ideas writers.
E.H. Carr envisioned a world ‘after’ nationalism. He did not expect there would be no ‘after’ — just more of the same. But his insights remain instructive on the conditions for int..
As a symbolic figure of late-nineteenth century American capitalism, Jay Gould is less known today than some of the other economic titans of the period. In his own time, however, G..
An unusual view of Cuban history reflects on a shared past with America and speculates on the future of this most difficult of relationships.
The pursuit of individual glory dominated the politics of the late Roman Republic.
Sir John Malcolm's seminal ethnography is unrivalled in its critical appreciation of the Iranians at the turn of the nineteenth century.
David Kertzer’s The Pope at War is a compelling historical account of a Catholic Church and its Pope caught up in the totalitarian experiments of the twentieth century.
De Roberto's familial saga lyrically charts the decline of the Sicilian aristocracy during the Unification of Italy.
In this biography of Marcus Licinius Crassus, the first in nearly fifty years, Peter Stothard avoids getting bogged down in the tortuous politics of Late Republican Rome and instea..
Paul Corner’s academic take-down of Mussolini’s illusions and myth-making is a vital contribution to our understanding of modern Italian culture.
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