12 new history books identified over Jan 2024. A fairly ecclectic mix but with some familar historical themes such as modern Russia and the British Empire. A few top picks highlighted below!
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![Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0241600413.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1509812741.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750 Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe: Male-Male Sexual Relations, 1400-1750](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0198886330.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain The Picnic: A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1847927793.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Strange Ways To Die In History: The Heroic, Tragic and Funny Strange Ways To Die In History: The Heroic, Tragic and Funny](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1399045520.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1474610323.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government The Wild Men: The Remarkable Story of Britain's First Labour Government](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1399411438.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0465093930.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1399409867.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Women of the Anarchy Women of the Anarchy](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/144569171X.02._SCM_.jpg)
![Lenin Lives? Lenin Lives?](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/0198866089.02._SCM_.jpg)
![The House Divided: Islam's Sunni-Shia Conflict The House Divided: Islam's Sunni-Shia Conflict](https://res.cloudinary.com/ds2o5ecdw/image/upload/f_auto/acovers/1781257256.02._SCM_.jpg)
A couple that caught my eye were:
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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe, by Sathnam Sanghera - after having recently read One Fine Day I'm more conscious of how pervasive the British Empire was until very recently, so am keen to check this one out too.
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Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia, by Gary J Bass - focussing on the arguments made at the war trials of the Japanese top brass, I'm interested to find out how the author links this to Asia nowadays.