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The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69 (2013)
Book Chapter
Young, J. W. (2013). The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69. In J. W. Young, E. G. Pedaliu, & M. D. Kandiah (Eds.), Britain in Global Politics Volume 2 (139-158). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313584_8

One of Saki Dockrill’s most significant publications was her monograph, Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez.1 In this, the first archival study of the subject, she set Britain’s reassessment of its defence priorities in a broad context, looking not o... Read More about The US Embassy in London and Britain’s Withdrawal from East of Suez, 1961–69.

Bede, iconoclasm and the Temple of Solomon (2013)
Journal Article
Darby, P. (2013). Bede, iconoclasm and the Temple of Solomon. Early Medieval Europe, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12024

In Bede's lifetime (c. 673–735) the churches at Wearmouth-Jarrow were richly decorated with panel paintings from Rome. This essay examines the significance that those paintings held for Bede and his community, and it reveals the strategies that Bede... Read More about Bede, iconoclasm and the Temple of Solomon.

Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity (2013)
Journal Article
Gust, O. (2013). Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity. Journal of British Studies, 52(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2013.114

This article explores the formation of British imperial identity through a focus on the career of Sir James Mackintosh (1765–1832), a well-known Whig intellectual and imperial careerist who originally hailed from the Highlands of Scotland. Using Mack... Read More about Remembering and forgetting the Scottish Highlands: Sir James Mackintosh and the forging of a British imperial identity.

Indigènes afterIndigènes: post-war France and its North African troops (2013)
Journal Article
Adler, K. H. (2013). Indigènes afterIndigènes: post-war France and its North African troops. European Review of History / Revue européenne d'histoire, 20(3), 463-478. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2013.770826

This article focuses on North African soldiers who served in the French army of occupation in western Germany after its liberation in 1945. Taking as its starting point Rachid Bouchareb's 2006 film, Indigènes, the article contrasts claims the film ma... Read More about Indigènes afterIndigènes: post-war France and its North African troops.

Elizabeth I's Former Tutor Reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559 (2013)
Journal Article
Adams, S., & Gehring, D. S. (2013). Elizabeth I's Former Tutor Reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559. English Historical Review, 128(530), 35-54. doi:10.1093/ehr/ces310

The fragmentary nature of the evidence for the proceedings of the Parliament of 1559 is one of the more obvious reasons for the continuing debate over the Elizabethan religious settlement. Philip II’s representative, the count of Feria, whose reports... Read More about Elizabeth I's Former Tutor Reports on the Parliament of 1559: Johannes Spithovius to the Chancellor of Denmark, 27 February 1559.