Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Geoffrey Wheatcroft is an English journalist and author, whose books include Yo, Blair! (Politico’s Publishing, 2007), The Strange Death of Tory England (Allen Lane, 2005) and The Controversy of Zion (Perseus Books, 1997), which won a National Jewish Book Award.


Essays

Society

Zionism's Colonial Roots

| 05.01.13

Netanyahu may insist his state is "not neo-colonial," but Vladimir Jabotinsky, his ideological ancestor, saw things differently.

Society

Once Upon a Time in Westphalia

| 08.24.11

It took Tony Blair one speech in 1999 to trap the Western world in an unending series of interventionist wars. We may care about the people of Tibet, Baghdad and Libya, but are we the knight-errant of the human race?

Society

A Love Lost Over the Atlantic

| 08.24.10

The "special relationship" has long been a foreign policy myth. The day has finally come for a peaceful separation between two English-speaking powers.

Global Governance

Continental Drifts

| 03.02.09

America and the Continent may find themselves once again a united force to be reckoned with by the rest of the world. But the odds are grim.

Reviews

Global Governance

Eating Vichyssoise in Athens

| 04.20.10

Beyond the latest rows, institutional paralysis and financial incompetence, the scars of war have plainly not all been healed. Is there a deeper collapse of European self-confidence?

Society

If Sarah Palin is the Answer . . .

| 08.25.09

Conservatism is once again facing an identity crisis. The recent passing of William F. Buckley, Jr., offers a perfect opportunity to look back at the movement, with its antecedents, its birth, its triumphs and now its potential demise.

Commentary

Global Governance

Privacy, Libel and the Case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

| 05.19.11

The French keep secrets.  The British stifle the press.  America runs a perp-walk escapade. 

Society

Tony Blair's Kiss of Death

| 03.22.11

David Cameron and the Libya intervention. Looking an awful lot like Blair and the Iraq adventure.

Politics

Fratricidal Tendencies

| 09.30.10

Labour just wants to forget about Tony Blair. Easier said than done.

Politics

David Cameron: Centrist

| 05.20.10

He and Clegg are posing as soul brothers. The Lib Dems and Tories look the same. What’s the point of British politics?

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