Richard Cockett

Richard Cockett (born 1961) is a British historian, and author.

He is a regional editor of The Economist, with experience in Mexico, Central America, Africa and Singapore,

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).