Editing Brendan Simms (section)

==''Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy''==
[[Norman Stone]] praised ''Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy'' as "lively and erudite".<ref name=ns-reviewed-europe-struggle-supremacy-brendan-simms>[http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/04/reviewed-europe-struggle-supremacy-brendan-simms Reviewed: Europe – the Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms, Norman Stone, New Statesman 25 April 2013]</ref> He also praised the book for the focus on Germany and Simms's knowledge of it though he qualifies it by saying Simms is stronger on the 18th century than the 20th century due to the volume of material to be covered in the latter.<ref name=ns-reviewed-europe-struggle-supremacy-brendan-simms/>

[[Richard J. Evans]] was critical of the book, saying that Simms had overly favoured observations by [[A. J. P. Taylor]] of a [[Hobbesian]] view of European history, focusing on periods of strife while neglecting periods of cooperation between European states.<ref name=guardian-europe-the-struggle-for-supremacy-review>{{Cite news|title=Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/may/23/europe-struggle-supremacy-simms-review|last=Evans|first=Richard|date=23 May 2013|access-date=23 April 2020|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Evans described the book as a "one-sided picture", adding that even Simms has to acknowledge that there were periods of cooperation.<ref name=guardian-europe-the-struggle-for-supremacy-review/>

[[Noel Malcolm]] praised Simms as "a historian of unusual range and ability", saying that "knowing what he wants to say is one of Simms’s strengths".<ref name=teletraph-Europe-by-Brendan-Simms-review>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/9986890/Europe-by-Brendan-Simms-review.html Europe by Brendan Simms: review, Noel Malcolm, The Telegraph, 15 April 2013]</ref> On the whole Malcolm praised the book, though regarding Simms' emphasis on the primacy of foreign policy in European affairs, Malcolm did wonder if there may be counterexamples, such as those where the foreign/domestic distinction is less clear.<ref name=teletraph-Europe-by-Brendan-Simms-review/>