About Darren O' Byrne

NBN Episodes hosted by Darren:

Thomas Weber, "Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi" (Basic Books, 2017)

October 18, 2024

Becoming Hitler

Thomas Weber
Hosted by Darren O' Byrne

Few would dispute that Hitler's ideas led to war and genocide. Less clear however, is how and when those ideas developed. In his latest book, Becoming…

Noah Benezra Strote, "Lions and Lambs: Conflict in Weimar and the Creation of Post-Nazi Germany" (Yale UP, 2017)

December 13, 2018

Lions and Lambs

Noah Benezra Strote
Hosted by Darren O' Byrne

It has long been assumed that stability was imposed on Germany after World War II; that the United States in particular taught Germans, among other th…

Mahon Murphy, "Colonial Captivity during the First World War: Internment and the Fall of the German Empire, 1914-1919" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

February 14, 2018

Colonial Captivity during the First World War

Mahon Murphy
Hosted by Darren O' Byrne

The First World War was not limited the trenches on the Western Front. Nor was the system of internment camps it spawned. In his new book, Colonial Ca…

Wolfgang Seibel, "Persecution and Rescue: The Politics of the Final Solution in France, 1940-1944" (U Michigan Press, 2017)

January 9, 2018

Persecution and Rescue

Wolfgang Seibel
Hosted by Darren O' Byrne

In his recent book, Persecution and Rescue: The Politics of the Final Solution in France, 1940-1944 (University of Michigan Press, 2017). Wolfgang Sei…

Guenter Lewy, "Perpetrators: The World of the Holocaust Killers" (Oxford UP, 2017)

November 29, 2017

Perpetrators

Guenter Lewy
Hosted by Darren O' Byrne

"Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous." Thus begins Guenter Lewy's latest book, Perpetrators: The World of the Holo…