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The Fall and Rise of European Tensions 1909-11
A temporary lull in imperial tensions, arms races and the threat of a major European war was illusory in the last years before the First World War. This podcast explores the nature of this 'Indian su…
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The Nazi Party 1933
Nazi Germany was more than simply a personal dictatorship and the manner in which the chaotic and restless Nazi movement captured and infiltrated all areas of the German state dictated the pace of ev…
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Franco's march on Madrid: 1936
As fascist armies raced across Spain to seize the capital they committed horrific war crimes against Spanish workers and peasants. Madrid braced itself for the onslaught, but managed to deny Franco a…
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The CIA and early anti Soviet Operations
The development of the CIA by 1949 into a well funded unaccountable agency with the scope for paramilitary operations against the USSR, meant that poorly conceived and ultimately doomed missions agai…
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Emerging Nations and the Paris Peace Conference
Peacemakers at the Paris Peace Conference attempted to build new nation states out of the chaos of four collapsed empires. However, events on the ground in Eastern Europe overtook the pace at which d…
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The Office of the Fuhrer
Hitler's capture of Germany's Government saw the introduction of Nazi ideas that sought to abolish the normal functioning of constitutional systems of governance. The concept of the Fuhrer swept away…
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An appeal to listeners on the thorny issue of hate speech
Hi everyone, I'm inviting all listeners to join with me to debate about online hate speech which is creeping into the various Explaining History platforms. Have a listen and give me your views @https…
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Slavery, Cotton and Capitalism
In Sven Beckert's book Empire of Cotton, he discusses the development of modern capitalism's first industry (and empire), that of global cotton. The complex interplay of states, capitalists, waged wo…
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The Supreme Council of the Paris Peace Conference 1919
When the delegates of the Paris Peace Conference met in 1919 a council of ten from the five dominant victorious powers formed into the Supreme Council, but the workings of the group were highly conte…
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Racism and Black Americans 1945-48
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, racism and discrimination existed in different forms in both northern and southern states, with a Federal Government often reluctant to intervene o…
Published on 8 years, 3 months ago