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Every year, the journalist and historian travels to the place he works best — a villa by the sea at the Datai hotel
Amid a history of feuds, none compares with Boris Johnson’s expulsion of 21 Conservative rebels
The author brings his flair for military history to a new study of Vietnam that both democratises and internationalises the war
A crisply argued history of second world war espionage
‘The obvious lesson of the 1914-18 war is not one we’d expect many politicians to have learnt’
How recklessness, unstable alliances and bad luck plunged Europe into crisis
A personal journey from the thrill at the notion of battle to discomfort about bombing Syria
Britain will regret the big cuts to its army, writes Max Hastings
We configure our forces by arbitrary judgments about what the Treasury will pay, writes Max Hastings
Being merely adequate does not serve in these extraordinary times, writes Max Hastings
A ranch for rent in Kenya’s Laikipia plateau is the perfect place for a writer to work and relax
Max Hastings remains cynical enough to recoil from committing western forces for the reasons given for the intervention in Libya
Initial apprehensions about a cruise holiday disappear as it turns into a ‘culturally exhausting’ voyage
Technocratic governments are all the rage
Leaders are unsure what tone to adopt in a real economic crisis, says Max Hastings
Green posturing is driving up bills and destroying jobs, writes Max Hastings
Ordinary soldiers and civilians take centre-stage in Max Hastings’ fine new history
Britain’s real edge is not in ‘humint’ – spies – but ‘sigint’, writes Max Hastings
Developers occupy a place in the demonology of middle England more prominent than bankers, writes Max Hastings
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