The Edge of the Plain

By James Crawford

The Edge of the Plain

A look at lines from both sides now.

Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-1975

Reassessing a painfully fraught period in the midcentury U.K.

November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of World War II

An extraordinary chronicle of ordinary people caught up in battle.

War by Other Means

By Daniel Akst

War by Other Means

A look at the fighters who refused to take up arms.

We Are Your Soldiers: How Gamal Abdel Nasser Remade the Arab World

A well-researched reassessment of a complex, ruthless ruler.

After Elizabeth: Can the Monarchy Save Itself?

A brash young author offers dubious advice to the crown.

The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain

A sincere if sluggish account of a portentous 1989 gathering.

1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America

A fresh, insightful look at a pivotal year in U.S. politics.