IAIN MACGREGOR: Battle – The Edinburgh Bookshop, Thu 29 Oct 2026 - Tickets from £5 Historian and award-winning author Iain MacGregor joins us at the bookshop this October, to discuss his latest book,...

Military history is full of spectacular collisions and brave commanders. But most battles are won before the fighting has even started

Podcast Episode · Battleground · 16 September · 42min

IAIN MACGREGOR: Battle – The Edinburgh Bookshop, Thu 29 Oct 2026 - Tickets from £5 Historian and award-winning author Iain MacGregor joins us at the bookshop this October, to discuss his latest book,...

In an exclusive extract from Paul Mason’s new book, Reds: A Global History of Communism, he warns that, in the struggle between democracy and dictatorship, the entire history of the left is now in…

What is a trial for? Is it enough simply to establish guilt, or must that guilt then be communicated to the wider world?

The American journalist's account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, told through the eyes of Japanese survivors, forced the world to reckon with the terrifying power of nuclear weapons.

Join us for a discussion with award-winning historian and author, Iain McGregor, on his new book, Battle: The moments that transformed warfare from Ancient Greece to Ukraine. A richly detailed explora...

Amb Iain MacGregor analitzem una cursa nuclear que no va ser cap competició, perquè només els Estats Units corrien cap a la bomba

El historiador británico Iain MacGregor publica un completo ensayo con testimonios de supervivientes donde recorre los nombres clave que rodearon el lanzamiento de la bomba atómica sobre Japón. 'Trump...

«Solo el 1,64 % de la bomba de Hiroshima llegó a funcionar realmente. Imagine si hubiera detonado por completo», advierte el historiador británico ...

Publica «Los hombres de Hiroshima», sobre la carrera por construir la bomba atómica que no ha sido traducido al japonés

El historiador británico publica 'Los hombres de Hiroshima', sobre la carrera por conseguir la bomba nuclear