Books by Richard Cockett
Richard Cockett is the Africa editor at The Economist, and the author of Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State. After lecturing in politics and history at University College London, he joined The Economist in 1999 as Britain correspondent and has since been variously education editor, bureau chief for Central America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City, and Africa editor since 2005.
Thinking the Unthinkable
by Richard Cockett
For Cockett, the roots of what happened on the political right went back a long way. The neo-liberal counter-revolution, and a pro-market anti-trade union attitude, built up from the end of World War Two.
Interviews with Richard Cockett
The best books on Sudan, recommended by Richard Cockett
The Economist’s Africa editor chooses histories of Sudan, Africa’s biggest country, as well as the very personal stories of a child slave and a child soldier who was committing atrocities only a decade ago
Interviews where books by Richard Cockett were recommended
The best books on The 1970s, recommended by Andy Beckett
Andy Beckett’s choices point to a welcome reassessment of the 1970s, that much-maligned ‘gothic’ decade, and sweep from London to Los Angeles by way of Malcolm Bradbury and John le Carré
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Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
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The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & Crescent
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Maria Theresa
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
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The Man Without Qualities
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The Capuchin Crypt (aka The Emperor's Tomb)
by Joseph Roth
The best books on Austria, recommended by Nicholas Parsons
The best books on Austria, recommended by Nicholas Parsons
Today, the Republic of Austria is a small country in Central Europe, but for centuries, it was the fulcrum of events going on in Europe, as the Habsburgs led the Holy Roman Empire—and later the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire—until it all fell apart after World War I. Nicholas Parsons, author of the excellent The Shortest History of Austria, introduces us to books and novels that bring to life the history of a political, intellectual, and cultural powerhouse.
