What sort of book is it? Is it a survey text or more specialised? – What events/topics/themes does the author cover? – What sources does the author use? Do they rely on primary sources or secondary sources or both? (Check the footnotes!) – What argument(s) or interpretation(s) is the author offering in the chapter? Do you agree? The essay might also briefly consider some or all of the following topics: – When was the book published? – Who is the author and what is their background? – What is the book about and where does the chosen chapter fit into the book? – What is the audience for the book? General public, students, experts? Book Review List, Europe 1914–1945 (Choose one chapter from one book from this list to review) McMeekin, Sean, The Russian origins of the First World War (Harvard, 2013) Fitzpatrick, Sheila, The Russian Revolution, 1917–1932 (Oxford, 2017; 4th ed) De Grazia, Victoria, How fascism ruled women, Italy, 1922–1945 (California, 1992) Browning, Christopher, The origins of the Final Solution: the evolution of Nazi Jewish Policy, September 1939–March 1942(London, 2004)
