Prof John Bew CMGThe Rise of Machinepolitik
Read moreThere is a scene in Gustave Flaubert’s novel Sentimental Education that one cannot read without turning one’s mind to today.…
Prof John Bew CMGCitizen Clem: A Biography of Attlee
Read moreClement Attlee was the Labour prime minister who presided over Britain’s radical postwar government, delivering the end of the Empire…
Prof John Bew CMGRealpolitik: A History
Read moreRealpolitik is approaching its 160th birthday, though it has existed as a form of statecraft for centuries and is arguably as…
Prof John Bew CMGCastlereagh: The Biography of a Statesman
Read moreDamned in coruscating verse by Shelley and Byron, his coffin hissed at during his funeral, Lord Castlereagh has one of…
Prof John Bew CMGTalking to Terrorists: Making Peace in Northern Ireland and the Basque Country
Read moreThe peace agreement in Northern Ireland has been held up as a beacon for conflict resolution around the world. The…
Prof John Bew CMGThe Glory of Being Britons: Civic Unionism in Nineteenth-Century Belfast
Read moreAt a moment when British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has excluded Ireland from his version of modern Britishness, John Bew’s…
