Explaining History

By Nick ShepleySociety & Culture Documentary Education History Courses

Explaining History episodes

September 10, 2014 Weimar Germany's Roaring 20s
Between 1924 and 1929 Germany's economy and politics seemed to stabilise and recover from the violence, unrest and revolution of the previous four years. A vibrant avante garde culture flourished in Berlin, and the fortunes of the Nazi Party and the Communists slumped as Germans enjoyed prosperity. The recovery proved to be an illusion and politics once again polarised to the extremes of left and right after 1929 and the Wall Street Crash. For more on Germany, you can download my two ebooks here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reaction-Revolution-Century-Germany-ebook/dp/B00DQT4HYM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373383502&sr=1-1and http://www.amazon.co.uk/Explaining-Nazi-Germany-ebook/dp/B00DL1DCZU/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373383814&sr=1-9
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22 min
September 01, 2014 Oswald Mosley
In 1932 Oswald Mosley formed the British Union of Fascists, basing his new party firstly on Italian Fascism and later German Nazism. Within four years the movement had been broken, partly by anti fascist activism but mainly because it was rejected by the British public, fearful of its association with Nazism.
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27 min
August 29, 2014 Friedrich Hayek
There are few economists in the 20th Century who have had the effect on politics and economics in the western world that Friedrich Hayek achieved. His central thesis on the size of the state and the threat of dictatorship influenced politicians from the 190s onwards and has shaped the world we inhabit today.
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25 min
August 28, 2014 The Russian Civil War
Between 1918 and 1921 the Russian Civil War claimed 14 million civilian and military lives. The conflict between the new Bolshevik government and the White counter revolutionaries also saw the fragmentation of the empire, famine and the intervention of Britain, France, America and Japan.
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24 min
August 20, 2014 Lenin's Red Terror 1918
How did Lenin manage to assert his control over Russia in the aftermath of the October Revolution? The new Bolshevik Government used hunger and terror to force widespread social and political change within the country, targeting the old bourgeoisie and the aristocracy. This podcast explores the Red Terror, the establishment of the Checka and policy of War Communism.For more help, follow these links: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Explaining-Russian-Revolution-Students-ebook/dp/B00FX18BOS/ref=la_B005ORPZFO_1_16?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1381871360&sr=1-16http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Communist-Century-Revolution-Series-ebook/dp/B00IN6PY40/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393664105&sr=8-1&keywords=chris+kostov
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20 min
August 14, 2014 Results Day Special
It's that time of year again when students find out their grades and irrespective of whether you had a great result or not, here's the annual results day podcast to give you some help, advice and guidance. If you need extra help in the next few months, follow the link below:
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August 12, 2014 The Provisional Government: Russia 1917
In March 1917 a provisional government established itself in Russia in the aftermath of the downfall of the Tsar. By October 1917 it had been swept away and Lenin's Bolshevik Party replaced it. The crises of 1917 and the challenge of sharing power with the Petrograd Soviet overwhelmed the government before they could establish a democratic elected regime.
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38 min
July 16, 2014 The Casablanca Conference
In early 1943 the tide of the Second World War was turning in favour of the allies, following victories in North Africa. At Casablanca the British and the Americans met to discuss their two conflicting views of the future conduct of the war. The British approach triumphed, giving Churchill's strategy the upper hand but it was the beginning of the end of Britain's wartime influence.New Ebook titles: The Communist Century - http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Communist-Century-Revolution-Series-ebook/dp/B00IN6PY40/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393664105&sr=8-1&keywords=chris+kostovGeorge Orwell - http://www.amazon.co.uk/George-Orwell-Explaining-History-Century-ebook/dp/B00HLRW8YQ/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1388484876&sr=8-18&keywords=julia+routledge
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18 min
July 16, 2014 Book Review: From The Ruins Of Empire
This month's top book, Pankaj Mishra's From The Ruins Of Empire.
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July 14, 2014 Dien Bien Phu
In 1945 France returned to its former colony in Indochina, determined to re-assert control after humiliation by Japan. The nationalist Vietminh were determined to fight for their independence and nine years later inflicted a catastrophic defeat on France at the long battle of Dien Bien Phu. How was France brought to her knees in Indochina and what were the consequences for France?
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28 min