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Mussolini, the Armed Forces & War: 1920-1940

Mussolini, the Armed Forces & War: 1920-1940: a presentation by Professor John Gooch, University of Leeds, for The History Faculty: www.thehistoryfaculty.com.

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Survival and Consolidation: When the Bolsheviks declared a new government in October 1917 many a commentator, including many Bolsheviks, thought that it could not survive as a one-party regime. It would have either to give way to the Constituent Assembly or to transform itself into a broad coalition of socialists of all types. This talk [...]

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Causes, Course, Consequences: In 1905 Russia became famous as a centre of Revolution. The eyes of Europe were focused upon modern forms of discontent, especially the mass strike, in an old political order. This talk covers the beginnings, development and end of this remarkable period in late imperial Russia history. Was this an opportunity for [...]

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Stalin is famous above all for a remarkable programme of economic development – the establishment of a ‘command-administrative system’ that set targets for the transformation of the USSR’s economy in the form of five-year plans. This economic revolution also carried profound consequences for Soviet society. This talk outlines how Stalin’s changes ripped social ties apart [...]

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Leon Trotsky joined the Bolsheviks in August 1917 after many years of separation. He was nevertheless a key figure in the establishment and maintenance of Soviet power. It was Trotsky’s strategy by which the Bolsheviks came to power. As Commissar for Foreign Affairs, it was Trotsky’s ‘no peace, no war’ policy that in the debates [...]

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The Russian Provisional Government is discussed by historians as a failure. It is presented as not taking decisive action on a range of pressing issues. It therefore lost popular support and was easily removed from power by the Bolsheviks in October 1917. This talk gives a more sympathetic account of the range of problems confronting [...]

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Mussolini’s Foreign Policy in the 1920s & 1930s

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In this podcast Dr. Harris explains why all Bolsheviks agreed on the need to overcome economic backwardness. He explores why Soviet industrialisation took the form it did in the late 1920s, and then explores a fascinating paradox: How the Soviet planned economy in the 1930s was at once both a spectacular success and a catastrophic [...]

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This podcast explores the variety of approaches to the question of Stalin’s power. It considers the relative importance of a/ Stalin’s control of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Party; b/ he opinion of both of the Party elite and rank and file, and c/ Soviet political culture in the 1920s. Dr. Harris [...]

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The Second Crusade: 1147-1149: Professor Graham Loud, University of Leeds.

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The Battle of Hattin (1187): The Crusades - Professor Graham Loud, University of Leeds.

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In recent years historians of the civil rights movement have moved their focus away from the charismatic leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. to explore the role played by “ordinary people” in the struggle for racial equality. While not denying King’s importance as a tactician, figurehead and orator historians have argued that, at root, the [...]

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A three part historical discussion of Weimar Germany by Dr. Moritz Foellmer, Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds, for The History Faculty: www.thehistoryfaculty.com.

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Why did Cardinal Wolsey rise and fall politically during the period 1509-1529? A presentation by Dr. Glenn Richardson, Senior Lecturer, St. Mary’s University College, for The History Faculty: www.thehistoryfaculty.com.

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What were Henry VIII’s aims as King between 1509-1529? A presentation by Dr. Glenn Richardson, Senior Lecturer, St. Mary’s University College, for The History Faculty: www.thehistoryfaculty.com.

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This podcasts deals with Russia, Germany and the system of alliances created in the late 19th Century. These alliances would prove to be crucially important in the build up to the First World War. The alliances are looked at, and questions are asked as to how significant they were with respect to the First World [...]

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This podcast examines Stalin’s foreign policy in the interwar years. Dr Kocho-Williams examines Stalin’s foreign policy aims during the 1930s, discussing the failure of collective security and the conclusion of the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939. The podcast covers the Soviet Union’s conduct of foreign policy using both diplomacy and the Communist International.

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The 1917 Russian Revolutions: Dr. Sarah Badcock, University of Nottingham.

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The Russian Agrarian Crisis? Dr. Sarah Badcock, University of Nottingham.

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Russia & The First World War: Dr. Sarah Badcock, University of Nottingham.

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