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The Wannsee Conference and the Nazi Camps
In this episode of Explaining History, Nick revisits Nikolaus Wachsmann's monumental study, KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps.
We explore …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Child Labour in the Industrial Revolution
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the harrowing yet complex world of child labour during the British Industrial…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Damascus Affair: Blood Libel, Empire, and the Birth of Jewish Internationalism
In 1840, a monk disappeared in Damascus, and the ancient, deadly accusation of "blood libel" was levelled against the city's Jewish community. This e…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
The US National Security Strategy: A manifesto for the far right
In this episode of Explaining History, Nick analyzes the newly published 2025 US National Security Strategy, a document that could be considered a fo…
5 months ago
Stalin and Tito: 1947 - Part Two
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In the second part of our exploration into the Stalin-Tito split, Nick delves into the dramatic climax of 1948: the expulsion of Yugo…
5 months ago
On Taxing Wealth
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick takes a deep dive into the history and necessity of taxation, connecting the Tudor reign …
5 months ago
Stalin and Tito: 1947
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick explores one of the most critical schisms in Cold War history: the rupture between Joseph…
5 months ago
Crisis and Identity: Russian Jews in the 19th Century
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into Jonathan Frankel's seminal work, Crisis, Revolution, and Russian Jews. We exp…
5 months ago
The Russian General Staff 1905-14
In this episode of Explaining History, Nick delves into the institutional failures of the Imperial Russian Army in the critical decade before World W…
5 months ago
War Correspondents and Vietnam: Part Two
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In this episode of Explaining History, Nick returns to Philip Knightley's seminal work, The First Casualty, to examine how British an…
5 months ago