Black's History Week

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Black's History Week episodes

  • 68: The Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese wars
    In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the Spanish-American war of 1896 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5, conflicts often interpreted as differentiating rising and declining powers. 
    45 min
  • 67: The Boer War
    In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books include A Short History of War, talks to the The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat and whether the conflict in South Africa introduced new means of waging and combatting guerrilla warfare. 
    41 min
  • 66: The Scramble for Africa
    Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned or a succession of opportunistic acquisitions? In this edition of Black’s History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s Deputy Editor Graham Stewart about how the European powers fought over Africa whilst avoiding fighting each other.  
    41 min
  • 65: The North American Question
    After its victory in the American War of Independence, would the new American Republic assert a "manifest destiny" over all of North America or would much of the continent remain in the hands of the old European powers of Britain, France and Spain? In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Fighting for America, talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the North American Question, 1783 to 1871. 

    Picture credit: William Henry Powell, via Wiki Creative Commons. 
    46 min
  • 64: The American Civil War - could the South have won?
    In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black explains to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, how the Confederate forces hoped to overcome the superior numbers and resources of the North and assesses whether they stood a realistic chance of winning.


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    Image: June 1862, Captain John T Tidball of the Union Army poses with his staff at Fair Oakes, Virginia, during the American Civil War. (Photo by J. F. Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)


    43 min
  • 63: The Indian Mutiny

    In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the British military presence in India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and what the Indian mutineers hoped to achieve in 1857 when they rose in rebellion.


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    Image: Battle of Cawnpore, India 1857. Engraving from 1858, Engraver Unkown (Photo by D Walker/Getty Images)

    Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)


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    51 min
  • 62: The Crimean War

    In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together against Russia in the Crimea.


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    Image: Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854. Wars. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

    Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)


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    48 min
  • 61: The Napoleonic Wars

    In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books on the period include Waterloo and the forthcoming The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Strategies for a World War, talks to The Critic's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815.


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    Image: Waterloo by Charles Auguste Guillaume Steuben (circa 19th century). Vintage etching circa 19th century.


    Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)


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    45 min
  • 60: Was there a military revolution in early modern Europe?

    Were warfare and the state's role in military affairs transformed between 1500 and 1800? In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of A Short History of War explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe.


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    Image: Battle of Lepanto, October 1571. The fleets of Spain, Venice and the Pope, under the command of Don Juan of Austria, defeated the Turks in the last great sea battle involving galleys. From the National Maritime Museum, London. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)


    Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra (premiumbeat.com)


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    44 min

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A weekly podcast covering history, arts, culture and politics with emeritus Professor of History, Jeremy Black, from The Critic Magazine: Britain's new magazine for open-minded readers.