Richard Cockett

Richard Cockett (born 1961)[1] is a British historian,[2] journalist[3] and author.

He is a regional editor of The Economist, with experience in Mexico, Central America, Africa[2] and Singapore.[3] He was previously a senior lecturer in politics and history at Royal Holloway, University of London.[2]

Works

  • Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-tanks and the Economic Counter-revolution, 1931–1983. (HarperCollins, 1994). ISBN 978-0-00-223672-0.
  • Twilight of Truth: Chamberlain, Appeasement, and the Manipulation of the Press (St. Martin's Press, 1989) ISBN 978-0-312-03140-4
  • David Astor and The Observer (Andre Deutsch, 1990). ISBN 978-0-233-98735-4
  • New Left, New Right and Beyond. Taking the Sixties Seriously (with Geoff Andrews, Alan Hooper, Michael Williams) (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999). ISBN 978-0-333-74147-4
  • Sudan: Darfur and the failure of an African State. (Yale University Press, 2010). ISBN 978-0-300-16273-8
  • Blood, Dreams and Gold: The Changing Face of Burma. (Yale University Press, 2015). ISBN 978-0-300-20451-3
  • Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World. (Yale University Press, 2023). ISBN 978-0-300-26653-5

References

  1. ^ "Richard Cockett". British Library of Political and Economic Science. Retrieved 27 July 2014.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c "Richard Cockett" (profile). openDemocracy.
  3. ^ a b "Richard Cockett". The Economist (profile). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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