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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Britain's media power and broken politics: In conversation with Mic Wright
In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, I speak with journalist and media critic Mic Wright about the power of Britain's media and its dis…
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The origins of the Iran Contra Scandal 1979-82
In the last years of Jimmy Carter's presidency, the ruthless Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua was overthrown by the Sandinista revolutionaries, a coa…
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British Anti Fascism 192936
By the mid 1930s a widespread working class anti fascist movement was established in Britain, in response to the development of the British Union of …
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