For the past few months I’ve been heavily absorbed in a new role Directing Queen Mary’s Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences …
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It’s two weeks to launch day and Empire of Democracy is now available for pre-order. It’s been a long road to get here. In 2011 I set out to write a book that I was desperate to read but that didn’t exist: a one stop history of the West in the present age. That book now exists and is about to release on June 25th (US) and June 27th (UK). So how do you write a history of the post-Cold War age…?
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I’m thrilled to share the first full images of the UK cover (John Murrays) for EMPIRE OF DEMOCRACY. It’s been such a long road to get here. When I started writing this, in 2011, I remember so many people telling me there was nothing worth saying about ‘western’ democracy….
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