Richard Cockett

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

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]

Selected works
  • Thinking the unthinkable: think-tanks and the economic counter-revolution, 1931–1983. (Fontana Press, 1995). ISBN 0-00-637586-3.
  • Sudan: Darfur and the failure of an African State. (Yale University Press, 2010).
  • New Left, New Right and Beyond. Taking the Sixties Seriously (with Geoff Andrews, Alan Hooper, Michael Williams) (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999). ISBN 9780333741474
  • David Astor and The Observer (Andre Deutsch, 1990). ISBN 0-233-98735-5
  • Twilight of Truth: Chamberlain, Appeasement, and the Manipulation of the Press (St. Martin's Press, 1989)

References
  1. "Richard Cockett". British Library of Political and Economic Science. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  2. "Profile of Richard Cockett". The Economist. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. "Profile of Richard Cockett". Open Democracy.



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