History Off the Page
Entertaining lectures on European history by college professor Dr. Jason Hansen (Furman University) that help explain how the modern world came to be. Covers culture and technology in addition to politics, with focus on France, Germany, England, Russia and more. Latest episodes help explain history of Israel and Palestine conflict and the Russia Ukraine war.
Episodes
65 episodes
Prelude to Nazi Germany: World War I and the Freikorps [1_35]
There are many places one could start a history of Nazi Germany, but we begin our series with the experience of the First World War. From the heady August days when Germans were flush with the joy of expectant victory to war and revolutio...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:45:28
Intro to Nazi Germany: do the Nazis Still Matter?
This episode - the first of 12 on the history of Nazi Germany - begins by asking the question if Nazis still matter in an age when so much of the post-World War II consensus (global institutions, free trade, collective defense) is being abandon...
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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1:09:38
History of Israel/Palestine: 1967 & the Six Day War [3.20]
Continuing our discussion of the 1967 Six-Day War, this episode discusses the outbreak of hostilities with Israeli Operation Focus on 5 June 1967. In addition to covering some operational details, we also sketch out the rest of the histor...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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1:46:28
History of Israel/Palestine: Towards the Six Day War [3.19]
In June 1967, tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbors once again led to the outbreak of war. This episodes examines the causes of the renewed violence, ranging from long term factors such as Nasser's Arab nationalism and the lack o...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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1:13:35
History of Israel/Palestine: the Suez War (part 2/2) [3.18]
On the afternoon of October 29, 1856, Israeli forces launched a surprise attack into the Sinai peninsula, part of a coordinated plan with Britain and France for the European powers to retake possession of the Suez canal. This episode cove...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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1:22:30
History of Israel/Palestine: the Suez War (part 1/2) [3.17]
After eight years of a tense peace, war came suddenly again to the Middle East in October 1956. This episode answers why, exploring the deeper history behind the building of the Suez Canal from 1859-69, the origins of British colonialism ...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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1:35:36
History of Israel/Palestine: UNRWA and the International Response to the Nakbah [3.16]
By the late summer of 1949, the frozen battle lines between the Arab and Israeli armies led to the realization that Palestinian refugees would not soon be returning to their former homes. This episode charts the fascinating and tragic sto...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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50:04
History of Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Refugees in the 1950s [3.15]
In 1948 the Nakbah resulted in the flight and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians. This episode chronicles their experiences, focusing on the way the refugee crisis unfolded in three geographical contexts: Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon. Amon...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:10:19
History of Israel/Palestine: Building a Palestinian Nation in the 1950s [3.14]
In 1948, Palestinians suffered both dispossession and expulsion as a result of losing the civil war. But what became of the idea of the Palestinian nation? This episode explores the political and cultural fate of Palestinian nationalism in the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:14:32
History of Israel/Palestine: Building the Israeli Nation in the 1950s (part 2/2) [3.13]
In the second half of our installment on the building of the Israeli national community in the late 1940s and 1950s, we examine how Israelis paid for the massive expenses involved in resettling so many European and Middle Eastern Jews in the im...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:17:44
History of Israel/Palestine: Building the Israeli Nation in the 1950s (part 1/2) [3.12]
In this episode we return to the history of Israel/Palestine, looking at how Israelis built a national community in the late 1940s and early 1950s. As we'll see, this project was neither as straightforward nor as easy as Zionist ideology suppos...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:02:20
Italian Fascism IV: Mussolini's Fall (1943-45) [1.33]
This episodes recounts the downfall of the Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini. Topics covered include his initial dismissal in July 1943 (9:01), the 46 days (35:13), the German plot to rescue and restore him (43:40) and the Republic of Sal...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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1:13:41
Italian Fascism III: Mussolini at War [1.32]
This episodes examines the history of the Italian military under Benito Mussolini, shedding light on its oft-ignored contributions to the Axis war machine. Among other things, it highlights the role Mussolini played in resisting Hitler be...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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1:19:30
Italian Fascism II: Building the Dictatorship (1922-1929) [1.31]
After being named Prime Minister in Oct 1922, Mussolini and the PNF's political prospects were bright. But they had not yet built a dictatorship. This episode examines how Mussolini dismantled Italian democracy once in power, highlighting...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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1:13:04
History of Israel/Palestine: the First Arab-Israeli War [3.11]
On the morning of May 15, 1948, Israel declared its official independence; simultaneously several neighboring Arab states launched an invasion designed to prevent the new state from coming into being. This episode explores the contours of the w...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:44:35
History of Israel/Palestine: the Nakba (part 3/3) [3.10]
In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Nakba and the Israeli War of Independence, focusing on the critical period between March and May 1948 when Israeli forces went over to the offensive. This included not only the collapse of Pale...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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59:44
History of Israeli-Palestine: the Nakba (part 2/3) [3.9]
This episode continues our discussion of the Nakba and the Israeli War of Independence, covering the initial phases of the civil war between Jews and Arabs in Palestine from November 1947 to March 1948. The episode highlights the ways in which ...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:12:29
History of Israel/Palestine: the Nakba (part 1/3) [3.8]
In this episode we begin our discussion of the Nakba and the Israeli War of Independence - twin events that lie at the heart of so many of the political dynamics of the region today. On the one hand, 1948 marked the realization of the Zionist d...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:13:59
History of Israel/Palestine: The Jewish Revolt (1944-47) [3.7]
After a period of relative calm during World War II, the need to resettle Jewish survivors from the Holocaust once more inflamed tensions in Palestine - this time between Britain and the Zionists. In this episode we discusses the causes of the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:22:54
History of Israel/Palestine: World War II (1939-1945) [3.6]
In this episode we explore the history of the region during the Second World War. On the one hand, this moment represented something of a pause in tensions between the British, Zionists and Arabs, as the three sides worked together to fend of t...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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1:27:41
History of Israel/Palestine: the Arab Revolt (1936-39) [3.5]
In this episode we explore the history of the Arab Revolt (1936-39), the first attempt to solve the political crisis in Palestine through armed, organized violence. As we'll see, the revolt proved to be a massive failure, badly damaging the Pal...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:53:56
History of Israel/Palestine: The Mandate (1919-1936) [3.4]
In this episode of our series on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict we examine the period of the British Mandate, essentially the moment when the split between the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine began to become more perma...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:36:22
History of Israel/Palestine: World War I (1914-1918) [3.3]
This episode explores the history of Israel/Palestine during the First World War - a time when divisions between the local Jewish and Arab communities began to harden. On the one hand, both peoples suffered under the strain of the war and repre...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:20:16
History of Israel/Palestine: Zionism and the late Ottoman Period (1880-1914) [3.2]
In this second episode, we start to explore the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, starting with the initial wave of large-scale Jewish migrations in the early 1880s. The episode highlights the complexity of identities in the region, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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2:09:12
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Reflections of an Historian [episode 3.1]
In this episode, the first of several on the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we reflect on some of the dominant narratives being used to understand the current crisis in Israel/Palestine. Topics include the complicated nature...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:49:24
