Richard Cockett

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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). .
  • Twilight of Truth:
  • New Left, New Right and Beyond. Taking the Sixties Seriously (with Geoff Andrews, Alan Hooper, Michael Williams) (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999).
  • Sudan:
  • Blood, Dreams and Gold: The Changing Face of
  • Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World. (Yale University Press, 2023).

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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