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Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed

Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Macintyre and the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins are among the 13 authors selected for the nonfiction award

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2

Stay Alive: Berlin 1939-45 by Ian Buruma – how Berliners defied their Nazi masters

An immersive account of how the inhabitants of a liberal city – including the author’s father – survived fascism

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11

Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah by Ian Buruma review – a man of his time… and ours

A brisk and engaging biography of Baruch Spinoza, the man who inspired many secular Jewish thinkers, is least convincing when it offers him as an example of ‘cancel culture’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2024

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What leads people to collaborate with the enemy? Ian Buruma's latest history considers three troubling examples

Who is a collaborator? What leads people to collaborate with the enemy in times of war? How do they justify their actions? These questions are at the core of an insightful comparative biography by the prolific, award-winning Dutch writer Ian Buruma.

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2023

Second World War investigations which throw light on need for Covid inquiry

WHOSE side are you on? Gary Lineker or the BBC bosses? That was an easy one. Ash or Kate or Humza? Harder. OK, how about Isabel Oakeshott or Matt…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 20, 2023

The Collaborators by Ian Buruma review – intriguing study of the frenemy within

The writer digs deep into the often deceptive history of three people who conspired with their oppressors in this fascinating if disjointed examination of moral ambiguity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

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