Routledge Atlas of American History (6th edition)

This book is one of a stable of historical atlases from Routledge, many of them compiled by the prolific and industrious Martin Gilbert. Twentieth‐century politics and Israeli affairs seem to be his speciality. In fact Dr Gilbert has become a one‐man production line for the manufacture of history books like Ford turns out cars. He has his collaborators. of course. There are big heavy tomes on the Holocaust, the two World Wars (2 vols) and the twentieth century (3 vols). But Dr Gilbert has made a special name for himself in the Churchill industry. His vast official biography of Churchill...