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Our rudeness to European allies is shameful

Half a century ago, when that military circus the Royal Tournament was a national institution, there was a contretemps after a visiting Italian officer discovered that his Bersaglieri must perform in a sand arena. Read More

There’s no such thing as easy‑peasy politics

My five year-old granddaughter stood poised above the pool, contemplating the rings I had tossed to the bottom for her to retrieve.   Read More

Rave Reviews for Vietnam

'Magnificent and moving ... Although Hastings deals with the high politics brilliantly, it is his account of the war on the ground that lifts this book above its competitors Read More

The Vietnam War: Deserters and dissidents

In his new book, Max Hastings recalls the brutal warfare he witnessed during the Vietnam War. In this extract, he recounts the resistance to it in America. Read More

The Vietnam War: Filthy, hungry, riddled with bug bites

As a young journalist, Max Hastings reported on the Vietnam War. In an exclusive extract from his new book, he recounts the reality of life for the soldiers. Read More

Bullets, bodies and late-night bars: Max Hastings’ adventures in Vietnam

Max Hastings was 24 and had never been to war. All that changed when he flew into battle-scarred Vietnam and witnessed the horror – and hedonism – of a war zone. Almost 50 years on, he’s written a book about the most controversial conflict of the 20th century and returns to the country to talk to survivors. Read More

Max Hastings on Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

Max Hastings introduces his new book Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975. Read More

Max Hastings introduces his reporting from Vietnam

Ahead of the release of his new book, VIETNAM, Max Hastings introduces some clips of his reporting from the war. Read More

Stop hankering for the fantasy of a golden age

Nostalgia, vividly expressed in the cause-we-shall-not-mention-here, has become fashionable among Britain’s double-breasted classes. Read More

Yesterday’s Parties. Max Reviews ‘Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time’ by Hilary Spurling

Anthony Powell by Hilary Spurling  (Hamish Hamilton) A few decades ago, Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell were widely regarded as Britain’s foremost novelists of the modern era.  Read More

Early Praise for Vietnam

‘This is a comprehensive, spellbinding, surprisingly intimate, and altogether magnificent historical narrative.’ Tim O’Brien, Vietnam veteran and novelist Read More

Audio Extract: The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939–1945

‘As gripping as any spy thriller, Hastings’s achievement is especially impressive, for he has produced the best single volume yet written on the subject’ Sunday Times Read More