Articles By Paul Johnson
 
June 2010
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
 
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January/February 2010
Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Essays and Provocations by Henry Fairlie and Best Seat in the House by Frank Johnson
 
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October 2009
The American Civil War: A Military History by John Keegan
 
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June 2009

Abandoning narrative form in history writing leads to laziness, the omission of important facts, and a flimsier understanding of cause and effect. Why doesn't the OUP know that?

 
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December 2008
The Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes
 
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About Paul Johnson

Paul Johnson was Editor of the New Statesman from 1965-1970. His many works of history include The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830 as well as the trilogy Intellectuals, Creators and Heroes.

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