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**History of the Second World War**

History of the Second World War is a weekly podcast which will cover World War 2, beginning with the tumultuous years after the First World War, continuing into the descent into war during the 1930s, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.

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12: The Great Depression Pt. 2 - The Depression Jun 10, 2020

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In the early 1930s the depression would spread around the globe.

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China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 by Tomoko Shiroyama

Germany and the Great Depression by Dieter Petzina

The Global Impact of the Great Depression: 1929-1939 by Dietmar Rothermund

Japan and World Depression: Then and Now Edited By Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha

The Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States 1931-36 by Patricia Clavin

The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales

The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith

The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 by Patricia Clavin

The Politics of Depression in France 1923-1936 by Julian Jackson

The Slump: Britain and the Great Depression by John Stevenson and Chris Cook

The World in Depression 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger

Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany Edited By Peter D. Stachura

The Gold Standard and the Great Depression by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin

Life Expectancy during the Great Depression in Eleven European Countries by Tim A. Bruckner, Andrew Noymer, and Ralph A. Catalano

The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited by Barry Eichengreen

Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany by Peter Temin

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11: The Great Depression Pt. 1 - The Crash Jun 03, 2020

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The Great Depression would have many causes, this episode discusses two of them.

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China During the Great Depression: Market, State, and the World Economy, 1929-1937 by Tomoko Shiroyama

Germany and the Great Depression by Dieter Petzina

The Global Impact of the Great Depression: 1929-1939 by Dietmar Rothermund

Japan and World Depression: Then and Now Edited By Ronald Dore and Radha Sinha

The Failure of Economic Diplomacy: Britain, Germany, France and the United States 1931-36 by Patricia Clavin

The Forgotten Man by Amity Shales

The Great Crash of 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith

The Great Depression in Europe, 1929-1939 by Patricia Clavin

The Politics of Depression in France 1923-1936 by Julian Jackson

The Slump: Britain and the Great Depression by John Stevenson and Chris Cook

The World in Depression 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger

Unemployment and the Great Depression in Weimar Germany Edited By Peter D. Stachura

The Gold Standard and the Great Depression by Barry Eichengreen and Peter Temin

Life Expectancy during the Great Depression in Eleven European Countries by Tim A. Bruckner, Andrew Noymer, and Ralph A. Catalano

The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited by Barry Eichengreen

Socialism and Wages in the Recovery from the Great Depression in the United States and Germany by Peter Temin

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10: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 4 - The Italian Fascist State May 27, 2020

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Italy represented the first nation to come under the control of a Fascist government, and they would do everything in their power to keep it that way.

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Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile

Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski

The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone

The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich

Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether

The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo

Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth

The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan

The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton

Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz

The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich

Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett

Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp

Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse

Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza

Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy

Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis

Fascists by Michael Mann

The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards

Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse

How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts

Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli

Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner

National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer

The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin

The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne

Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper

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9: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 3 - Prime Minister Mussolini May 13, 2020

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After the March on Rome Mussolini would be made Prime Minister.

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Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile

Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski

The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone

The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich

Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether

The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo

Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth

The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan

The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton

Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz

The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich

Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett

Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp

Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse

Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza

Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy

Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis

Fascists by Michael Mann

The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards

Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse

How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts

Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli

Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner

National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer

The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin

The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne

Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper

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8: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 2 - March on Rome May 06, 2020

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In October 1922 the Fascists would take an important step, and they would stage a March on Rome. The results were as good as they could have possibly imagined.

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Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile

Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski

The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone

The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich

Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether

The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo

Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth

The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan

The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton

Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz

The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich

Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett

Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp

Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse

Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza

Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy

Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis

Fascists by Michael Mann

The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards

Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse

How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts

Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli

Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner

National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer

The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin

The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne

Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper

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7: Rise of Mussolini Pt. 1 - Fascism Apr 29, 2020

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The rise of Fascism throughout Europe, beginning in Italy, would be an important catalyst for future events.

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Fascism in Italian Historiography: In Search of an Individual Historical Identity by Emilio Gentile

Fascism, Industrialism, and Socialism: The Case of Italy by Albert Szymanski

The Fascist Revolution in Italy: A Brief History in Documents by Marla Stone

The Fiftieth year of the "March on Rome": Recent Interpretations of Fascism by Charles Keserich

Italian Intellectuals Under Fascism by Emiliana P. Noether

The Meaning of Fascism in Italy: Fifty Years After the Fall by Philip V. Cannestraro, Claudio G. Segre, Alexander De Grand, and Furo Columbo

Mussolini's Italy by R.J.B. Bosworth

The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan

The Seizure of Power: Fascism in Italy 1919-1929 by Adrian Lyttelton

Austro-Marxist Interpretation of Fascism by Gerhard Botz

The British Labour Press and Italian Fascism, 1922-25 by Charles Keserich

Communist Theories of Fascism, 1920-1935 by John M. Cammett

Fascinating Fascism by Jeffrey T. Schnapp

Fascism and the French Revolution by George L. Mosse

Fascism from below? A Comparative Perspective on the Japanese Right, 1931-1936 by Gregory J. Kasza

Fascism, National Socialism and Conservatives in Europe, 1914-1945: Issues for Comparativists by Carl Levy

Fascist Ideology: Territory and expansionism in Italy and Germany, 1922-1945 by Aristotle A. Kallis

Fascists by Michael Mann

The Five Stages of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton

The Foreign Office and Fascism 1924-1929 by P.G. Edwards

Introduction: The Genesis of Fascism by George L. Mosse

How Not to Think about Fascism and Ideology, Intellectual Antecedents and Historical Meaning by David D. Roberts

Interpretations of the Origins of Fascism by Roberto Vivarelli

Italian Fascism: Whatever Happened to Dictatorship? by Paul Corner

National Socialism: Totalitarianism or Fascism? by Wolfgang Sauer

The Nature of Fascism by Roger Griffin

The Origins and Nature of Fascism and Nazism in Europe by John Horne

Pacifism, Feminism, and Fascism in Inter-War France by Sandi E. Cooper

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6: League of Nations Pt. 3 - Failure Apr 22, 2020

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During the 1920s and 1930s the League of Nations would have many issues when attempting to execute on one of its most important goals, disarmament. It would not be the only challenge that the League would face in the 1930s.

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Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World by Akira Iriye

A History of the League of Nations by F.P Walters

The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen

In Pursuit of Equality and Respect: China's Diplomacy and the League of Nations by Alison Adcock Kaufman

Collective Security as Political Myth: Liberal Internationalism and the League of Nations in Politics and History by George W. Egerton

Transnationalism and the League of Nations: Understanding the Work of Its Economic and Financial Organization by Patrician Clavin and Jens-Wilhelm Wessels

Getting Out of Iraq-in 1932: The League of Nations and the Road to Normative Statehood by Susan Pedersen

A "Great Experiment" of the League of Nations Era: International Nongovernmental Organizations, Global Governance, and Democracy Beyond the State by Thomas Richard Davies

The League of Nations Health Organisation and the Evolution of Transnational Public Health by Patricia Anne Sealey

The League of Nations, International Terrorism, and British Foreign Policy, 1934-1938 by Michael D. Callahan

Japan and the League of Nations: An Asian Power Encounters the "European Club" by Thomas W. Burkman

Exporting Development: The League of Nations and Republican China by Margherita Zanasi

The League of Nations and the Great Powers, 1936-1940 by Peter J. Beck

The League of Nations and the Minorities Question by Carole Fink

Imperialism and Sovereignty: The League of Nations' Drive to Control Global Arms Trade by David R. Stone

The League of Nations, Public Ritual and National Identity in Britain, c. 1919-56 by Helen McCarthy

The Legacies of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations in Russia by Alexander S. Khodnev

Mapping the UN - League of Nations Analogy: Are There Still Lessons to be Learned from the League by Alexandru Grigorescu

Minorities and the League of Nations in Interwar Europe by Mark Mazower

The League of Nations and the Settlement of Disputes by Lorna Lloyd

The Transnational Dream: Politicians, Diplomats and Soldiers in the League of Nations' Pursuit of International Disarmament, 1920-1939 by Andrew Webster

Turkey's Entrance into the League of Nations by Yucel Guclu

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5: League of Nations Pt. 2 - Around the World Apr 16, 2020

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Among its many goals the League of Nations hoped to oversee a new way for European colonialism to manifest around the world.