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Internationalism vs Anti Communism in America: 1945-7
In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the popularity of international, multilateral organisations such as the UN and the Bretton Woods …
6 years ago
140 Days to Hiroshima Part Two: Explaining History interview with David Dean Barrett
This is the second in our two part interview special with historian David Barrett, whose new book 140 Days to Hiroshima examines the decision making …
6 years ago
Ronald Reagan's conservative transition 1954
In the 1930s, Ronald Reagan had been a Roosevelt Democrat supporter and had believed that the role of government in alleviating the crisis of the Gre…
6 years ago
The US Navy and the Battle of Midway
America's war in the Pacific had begun with Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbour and within six months the US Navy inflicted a devastating defeat…
6 years ago
Pacifism and British Politics 1933-39
In the 1930s the deteriorating world situation presented all major political parties in Britain with profound dilemmas, whether to back pacifism, col…
6 years ago
Slave labour and the Nazi Armaments Industry 1942-45
In 1942 Heinrich Himmler appointed a new administrator to the head of his concentration camp network, Oswald Pohl. Pohl saw the key to his personal a…
6 years ago
Class origin, social stigma and the Stalin Constitution 1935-39
By 1935 the Soviet regime appeared to relax its stance towards citizens deemed to be class enemies and their children. Stalin said: "A son does not a…
6 years ago
140 Days to Hiroshima: Explaining History Interview with David Barrett
This special episode of the Explaining History Podcast features historian David Barrett, whose new book 140 Days to Hiroshima examines the decision m…
6 years ago
China's Neoliberal Turn - 1978
In the late 1970s, as Britain, America and other wealthy countries were developing free market solutions to the problems of inflation and low growth,…
6 years ago
France, China and Vietnam 1949-51
By 1949 the development of a communist state in China radically changed the fortunes of France in Vietnam, a shift in dynamics that made the war for …
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