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Understanding the Imaginary War: Culture, Thought and Nuclear Conflict, 1945-90 / eds. Matthew Grant, Benjamin Ziemann

Thursday, 20 July, 2017

Mattias Eken and the editors discuss a detailed and thorough presentation of the cultural history of the Cold War.

The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916 / Fearghal McGarry

Thursday, 20 July, 2017

John Borgonovo and the author debate a work which offers a a wealth of thought-provoking material.

Ottonian Queenship / Simon MacLean

Thursday, 20 July, 2017

Levi Roach praises a thoughtful and original work, a bold and erudite contribution in a field in which conservatism often predominates.

Becoming Atheist: Humanism and the Secular West / Callum Brown

Thursday, 13 July, 2017

Russell Blackford and the author discuss a book which raws on the methods of oral history to examine how Western nations became markedly more secular in the long 1960s.

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