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Problematic Histories: Teaching Civil Rights in the UK and the BLM moment
History teaching is within the confines of a curriculum and under the pressure of examinations is riven with unfortunate compromises and unintended o…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Eighth Airforce over Germany - Explaining History in conversation with David Dean Barrett
In early 1942 the American Eighth Air Force existed on paper only. Within twelve months it was a formidable fighting force in daylight raids over Ger…
5 years, 1 month ago
Britain, France and the Mandate System 191-19
During the First World War, much of the fighting occurred in colonial Africa, which in 1918, the victorious powers believed could not rule itself. Pr…
5 years, 2 months ago
Germany and Austria-Hungary's 'war fever' re-examined: 1914
A popular view of the July crisis that led to the start of the First World War was the excitement and enthusiasm across Europe for war. Examining Ale…
5 years, 2 months ago
Korea, McCarthy and anti communism
For the Republican Party in the 1940s and 1950s, the only means of attacking the Democrats was by inflating the fear of communism and accusing their …
5 years, 2 months ago
Postwar planning, centralisation and its enemies: 1945
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the belief that anything was now possible in the reshape and redesign of societies was widespread…
5 years, 2 months ago
Australia Japan and the Kokoda Trail Campaign
The invasion of Australian ruled Papua New Guinea in 1942 by the Japanese presented a direct threat to Australia and to Supreme Commander in the Sout…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Tory Right from Enoch Powell to Margaret Thatcher: 1957-1979
In the years following the Conservative Party's defeat in the 1945 general election, the Tories were forced to accept significant parts of Labour's p…
5 years, 2 months ago
Communal kitchens and Mao's Great Famine 1958-61
In 1958 as part of Mao's attempts to improve productivity and create a socialist economic miracle in China, Mao waged war against private property an…
5 years, 2 months ago
Stalinist terror and Soviet society: Part One
In the mid 1930s, successive waves of state terror devastated not only Soviet society, but also coopted Soviet citizens into the processes of state v…
5 years, 2 months ago