Presents a controversial view of the origins of fascism, locating them in the eighteenth century with the advent of the Anti-Enlightenment, a far earlier date than most historians. This book contends that J G Herder, Edmund Burke, and Joseph de Maistre can be connected to the origins of the Anti-Enlightenment.

Offering an introduction to the New Testament, the author presents an historical study of the origins of Christianity by analyzing the literature of the earliest Christian movements. Focusing mainly on the New Testament, he also considers non-Biblical Christian writings of the era.

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan

A masterfully researched and compelling history of Iran from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first

An award-winning economic journalist on why the US dollar is positioned to maintain global primacy—and what that means for America and the world

The intriguing history of Dickens’s London, showing how tourists have reimagined and reinvented the Dickensian metropolis for more than 150 years