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General History May 17, 2022

Blood and Bronze

The British Empire and the Sack of Benin

Paddy Docherty

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
The Benin Bronzes are among the British Museum’s most prized possessions. Celebrated for their great beauty, they embody the history, myth and artistry of the ancient Kingdom of Benin, once …

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Jewish Studies May 6, 2022

International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

Jaclyn Granick

Hosted by Amber Nickell
Today I talked to Jaclyn Granick about her book International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War (Cambridge UP, 2021).  In 1914, seven million Jews across Eastern Europe and the …
British Studies May 3, 2022

For King and Country

The British Monarchy and the First World War

Heather Jones

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
For King and Country: The British Monarchy and the First World War (Cambridge UP, 2021) is a ground-breaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of …
Grinnell College: Authors and Artists May 3, 2022

Otto Dix and the First World War

Grotesque Humor, Camaraderie and Remembrance

Michael Mackenzie

Hosted by Marshall Poe
Otto Dix fought in the First World War for the better part of four years before becoming one of the most important artists of the Weimar era. Marked by the …
General History April 29, 2022

Forging Leninism in China

Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934

Joseph Fewsmith

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934 (Cambridge University Press, 2022) is a re-examination of the events of the Chinese revolution and the …
Genocide Studies April 28, 2022

Interactive Peacemaking

A People-Centered Approach

Susan H. Allen

Hosted by Christopher Davey
Susan H. Allen's Interactive Peacemaking: A People-Centered Approach (Routledge, 2022) examines the theory and practice of interactive peacemaking, centering the role of people in making peace. This book presents the …
Military History April 27, 2022

The American Army in Germany, 1918-1923

Success Against the Odds

Dean A. Nowowiejski

Hosted by Alex Beckstrand
The American Army in Germany, 1918–1923: Success against the Odds (UP of Kansas, 2021) by Dean A. Nowowiejski fills a gap in American military and political history through thorough research and …
East Asian Studies April 21, 2022

Intimate Communities

Wartime Healthcare and the Birth of Modern China, 1937-1945

Nicole Elizabeth Barnes

Hosted by Linshan Jiang
When China’s War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged …
General History April 21, 2022

Down the Warpath to the Cedars

Indians' First Battles in the Revolution

Mark R. Anderson

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal. In just three days’ fighting, the …
General History April 20, 2022

The Insurgent's Dilemma

A Struggle to Prevail

David H. Ucko

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Despite attracting headlines and hype, insurgents rarely win. Even when they claim territory and threaten governmental writ, they typically face a military backlash too powerful to withstand. States struggle with …
General History April 15, 2022

World War II in Southeast Asia

Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation

Gregg Huff

Hosted by Michael Vann
To say that World War II and Southeast Asia: Economy and Society under Japanese Occupation (Cambridge University Press, 2020) is an impressive achievement is a huge understatement. Based on years of …
General History April 13, 2022

Nuclear Bodies

The Global Hibakusha

Robert A Jacobs

Hosted by Ran Zwigenberg
Robert Jacob’s book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale UP, 2022) re‑envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless …
Caribbean Studies April 11, 2022

Haiti Fights Back

The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte

Yveline Alexis

Hosted by Alejandra Bronfman
Haiti Fights Back: The Life and Legacy of Charlemagne Péralte (Rutgers University Press, 2021), by Yveline Alexis is the first US study of the politician and caco leader (guerrilla fighter) who …
African Studies April 8, 2022

The War That Doesn't Say Its Name

The Unending Conflict in the Congo

Jason K. Stearns

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "forever war"--a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and local feuds …
Latin American Studies April 7, 2022

The Sword of Luchana

Baldomero Espartero and the Making of Modern Spain, 1793–1879

Adrian Shubert

Hosted by Minni Sawhney
Today I spoke to Prof. Adrian Shubert, professor of History at York University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada about his book on the nineteenth century Spanish …
Economics April 7, 2022

Indefensible

Seven Myths that Sustain the Global Arms Trade

Nic Marsh et al.

Hosted by Sidney Michelini
Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate …
Political Science April 7, 2022

Engineering Expansion

The U.S. Army and Economic Development, 1787-1860

William D. Adler

Hosted by Lilly Goren
Engineering Expansion: The U.S. Army and Economic Development, 1787-1860 (U Pennsylvania Press, 2021) threads together political science, history, economics, American political development, and administrative developments to understand the unique role …
Eastern European Studies April 6, 2022

On the Edges of Whiteness

Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War

Jochen Lingelbach

Hosted by Piotr Kosicki
As the horrors of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine unfold before our eyes, we have witnessed a massive wave of refugees absorbed by a range of Eastern European countries – …
General History April 4, 2022

African Peacekeeping

Jonathan Fisher and Nina Wilén

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In African Peacekeeping (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Dr. Jonathan Fisher and Dr. Nina Wilén explore the story of Africa's contemporary history and politics through the lens of peacekeeping. This concise …
Asian Review of Books March 31, 2022

Eleven Winters of Discontent

The Siberian Internment and the Making of a New Japan

Sherzod Muminov

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
At the end of the Second World War, about 600,000 Japanese soldiers were taken prisoner after the Soviet Union swept through Manchuria in the very final days of the war …