Richard Cockett
Richard Cockett is a British historian, journalist and author.
He is a regional editor of The Economist, with experience in Mexico, Central America, Africa and Singapore, and was previously a senior lecturer in politics and history at Royal [Holloway, University of London].
Richard Cockett is the main recipient of the 2024 Bruno-Kreisky-Prize.
Works
- Thinking the Unthinkable: Think-tanks and the Economic Counter-revolution, 1931–1983...
- Twilight of Truth: Chamberlain, Appeasement, and the Manipulation of the Press
- David Astor and The Observer.
- New Left, New Right and Beyond. Taking the Sixties Seriously .
- Sudan: Darfur and the failure of an African State..
- Blood, Dreams and Gold: The Changing Face of Burma..
- Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World..