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General History October 19, 2021

The Darker Angels of Our Nature

Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence

Philip Dwyer and Mark Micale

Hosted by Galina Limorenko
In The Better Angels of Our Nature Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker argued that modern history has witnessed a dramatic decline in human violence of every kind, and that in the …

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Arguing History September 30, 2021

Why did the US Fail in Afghanistan?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
With its ultimate debacle in August 2021, a discussion of the twenty-year military involvement of America and the West in Afghanistan is most timely. Accordingly, there is no one more …
Arguing History March 5, 2021

Clio's Battles

Historiography in Practice

Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
To write history is to consider how to explicate the past, to weigh the myriad possible approaches to the past, and to come to terms with how the past can …
Arguing History July 21, 2020

The Cold War as History

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The Cold War, the on again and off again confrontation between the West and the Soviet Union is one of the most famous historical episodes of the short twentieth century …
Arguing History June 11, 2020

Why Did the Allies Win World War One?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The Great War was perhaps the greatest single upheaval of the 20th century. While World War II saw more lives lost, in terms of the shock to European/Western civilization, the …
Arguing History April 27, 2020

Why Did the Allies Win World War II?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Why did the Allies win World War II? In the this podcast of Arguing History, Professor of History Emeritus at Exeter University, Jeremy Black and Dr. Charles Coutinho of the …
Arguing History March 12, 2020

The Origins of World War One

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Who or what originated and/or caused the Great War from breaking out in July 1914? Was it Serbia with its expansionist and aggressive designs on Austria-Hungary? Was it Austria-Hungary itself …
Arguing History February 14, 2020

Slavery in World History

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Notwithstanding the fact that slavery is almost as old if not older than human civilization itself, involving almost every country and continent on the face of the planet, the vast …
Arguing History December 27, 2019

The Treaty of Versailles One Hundred Years On

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The Versailles Treaty of 1919, celebrates its one-hundred anniversary this year. And, yet unlike the more recent centenaries, such as that of the outbreak of the Great War or the …
Arguing History November 26, 2019

What Should We Think of the British Empire?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The British Empire at its greatest extent covered approximately twenty-five percent of the surface of the globe with the same percentage of the world so population under its rule, directly …
Arguing History November 18, 2019

Appeasement Eighty Years On

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
According to one dictionary definition, the term means: “to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense …
Arguing History November 14, 2019

What are Empires and Why do they Matter?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Marshall Poe
You hear a lot about "empires," but what are they? Do they still exist? And why does it matter? Today I talked to Jeremy Black about empires, historical and present …
Arguing History October 9, 2019

Is Military History Worth Studying?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Military history is thought by some to be a valuable field of study to both professional soldiers and civilians. It is indeed one of the most popular fields in the …
Arguing History August 9, 2019

Is the Idea of The Enlightenment Still Useful?

A Discussion with Jeremy Black and William Gibson

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
In a new podcast of the series ‘Arguing History’, Professor Jeremy Black, the most prolific historian writing in the Anglophone world, if not on the entire planet, and renowned Ecclesiastical …
Arguing History January 23, 2018

What Role Did World War I Play in Women Gaining the Right to Vote?

A Discussion with Lynn Dumenil and Christopher Capozzola

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the fifth podcast of Arguing History, Lynn Dumenil and Christopher Capozzola consider the relationship between America's involvement in World War I and the granting of women the right to …
Arguing History November 28, 2017

How Many Revolutions Did Russia Have in 1917?

A Discussion with Mark D. Steinberg and Michael David-Fox

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the fourth podcast of Arguing History, Mark D. Steinberg and Michael David-Fox discuss the factors driving the Russian Revolutions of 1917. They consider how what is often remembered as …
Arguing History September 12, 2017

Was Presidential Leadership Decisive in Determining the Outcome of the Civil War?

A Discussion with William J. Cooper and Richard Carwardine

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the third podcast of Arguing History, historians William J. Cooper and Richard Carwardine address the question of the role presidential leadership played in determining the outcome of the American …
Arguing History July 21, 2017

Did the Protestant Reformation Have to Happen?

A Discussion with Peter Marshall and Alec Ryrie

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the second podcast of Arguing History, historians Peter Marshall and Alec Ryrie address the question of whether the Protestant Reformation, an event which transformed Christianity in the Western world …
Arguing History June 24, 2017

Should the U.S. Have Entered World War One?

A Discussion with Michael Neiberg and Brian Neumann

Hosted by Mark Klobas
In the inaugural podcast of Arguing History, historians Michael S. Neiberg and Brian Neumann address the question of Americas decision in 1917 to declare war against Germany. Together they discuss …