Like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the tradi…

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is temp…

The First World War had begun - imposed on the statesmen of Europe by railway timetables. It was an unexpected climax to the railway age.