Explaining History

By Nick ShepleySociety & Culture Documentary Education History Courses

Explaining History episodes

February 09, 2013 The Truman Doctrine
When President Harry Truman announced a huge military aid package to Greece in 1947 it signalled a sea-change in America's stance in the growing Cold War, and showed a willingness to commit fully to the fight. This podcast explores the wider context of that decision, and challenges students to consider: What does this all really show us?
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20 min
February 03, 2013 Germania: Hitler's city of the future
Hitler had often dreamed of being an architect, he also dreamt of creating a new Berlin of the future, a vast imposing city called Germania. This podcast explores what Germania can tell us about Nazism.
14 min
January 18, 2013 Exam Advice
A break from the norm, here's a quick audio on how to think about studying history and sitting exam papers. If you've got some January exams coming up, listen to this, I've included a few thoughts on some general principals that examiners want to see.
13 min
January 10, 2013 Women, Children and Families after 1917
After 1917 there were radical changes to almost every walk of life, women, children and families all radically altered as service to the new Communist state took centre stage in everyone's lives.How did Lenin impose his own ideas of the role and the nature of individuals on the rest of Russia? Listen to this podcast for the answers.
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14 min
January 10, 2013 Stalin and Trotsky
Why did Trotsky, the hero of the Red Army and the most likely candidate to succeed Lenin, fail to become leader of the USSR after his death?How did Stalin use his position to build a powerbase of mass support?
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16 min
December 29, 2012 The February Revolution
How did the February Revolution happen? Why did it escalate from a series of protests over food shortages to the abdication of the Czar and the establishment of the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet?
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27 min
December 28, 2012 Russia's Aristocracy
Before the revolution, Russia's aristocrats played a key role in Russian society, and presented themselves in 1917 as an alternative to the Czar. They were utterly destroyed as a social class by the Bolsheviks from 1918 onwards.
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22 min
December 28, 2012 Russia and the 1905 Revolution
Why did Russia explode into violence and anarchy in 1905? How the the Czar react? Russia's experience in 1905 set the stage for the revolution in 1917 and showed to all sides, the Czar, workers, peasants and nobles, who could trust who, and how high the stakes were.
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29 min
December 12, 2012 The Aftermath of the Russian Civil War
How had the Russian Civil War affected Russia? The was had devastated the country and killed over ten million Russians, and it produced three crises for Lenin to deal with. His solution was to veer away from communism and to use immense violence to crush opposition.
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27 min
December 11, 2012 Germany's defeat in 1918
The effect of the collapse of Germany in 1918 and the armistice was to bewilder a nation that believed in ultimate victory. As the German Army marched back to the Reich, appearing undefeated, many ordinary Germans looked to more radical voices for explanations.
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22 min