These are some of the most insightful history books to add to your reading list. "Hands up all who know when Tsarist Russia took Finland from Sweden (1809) and when it partitioned Poland (1795)," said ...

My two first loves are big books on European history and romance novels. Indeed, the two have a lot in common! The only two things I avoid are military history and American history, ...

A new school history book is causing controversy in Switzerland, because of its treatment of the country's role during World War II. The book, called Hinschauen und Nachfragen or Look Back and Ask ...

In a new book by Pekka Hämäläinen, a picture emerges of a four-century-long struggle for primacy among Native power centers in North America.

This meticulously researched and engagingly written history of its founding and rationale—the best available—reveals the secrets of Schengen’s success. The agreement was motivated primarily by the ...