Historian as Detective: Eric Cline’s 1177 B.C.

Limits of Culpability? Michael Polish’s American Traitor

American State of Nature: Jefferson Cowie’s Freedom’s Dominion

Scumbag Benjamin: Apple TV+’s Franklin

The Best Kind of Revision: Alan Allport’s Britain at Bay

Austere Beauty: FX’s Shogun

Tragedy of Errors: John Gooch’s The Italian Army and the First World War

Targets of Opportunity: AppleTV+’s Manhunt

Big Strategy: Ian Morris’s Geography is Destiny