Richard Cockett Explained

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

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

Works

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Richard Cockett. 27 July 2014 . British Library of Political and Economic Science.
2. Richard Cockett. profile. The Economist. 1 December 2023.
3. Web site: Richard Cockett. profile. openDemocracy.