Category Archives: AMERICAN HISTORY: POSTWAR, FROM C 1945 -
JFK and LBJ
An accessible biography for A-level history students that concentrates on the issues which come up time and time again in the AS and A2 exams. Topics include: why historians differ; an examination of both leaders’ support of black civil rights; … Continue reading
A Death in Belmont
A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers — a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish … Continue reading