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Useful resources and some of the historians mentioned in this episode: United Nations. “History of the Question of Palestine.” United Nations, Question of Palestine. United Nations. “About the Nakba.” United Nations, Question of Palestine. United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 181 (II): Fut…

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A brief discussion of the syllabus point about socialism with Chinese characteristics. Historians mentioned in the podcast: Deng Xiaoping, “Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts and Unite as One in Looking to the Future” (speech, 13 December 1978) Vogel, Ezra F. Deng Xiaoping and the Transfor…
A brief discussion of Mao's use of the cult of personality and the SEM Historians discussed in the podcast: MacFarquhar, R. The Origins of the Cultural Revolution.  MacFarquhar, R. & Schoenhals, M. Mao’s Last Revolution.  Meisner, M. Mao’s China and After.  Walder, A. Fractured Rebellion.  Tei…
A discussion of the different historiographical views on the creation of the EU Reference list European Central Bank, “History,” https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/history-arts-culture/history/ec/html/index.en.htmlecb.europa  European Union, “History of the European Union – 1945–59,” https://europea…
A discussion about the significance of the Prague Spring and Brezhnev Doctrine. Further resources: Brown, A. (2009). The Rise and Fall of Communism. London: Bodley Head.  Gaddis, J. L. (2005). The Cold War: A New History. New York: Penguin.  Judt, T. (2005). Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945.…
Resources for Further Study  Yang Jisheng, Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine, 1958–1962* (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012) .digitalcommons.usf  Frank Dikötter, Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–1962* (Bloomsbury, 2010) "China's Great Famine: 4…
A discussion of how the arms race reflected the cold war militarily, economically, and psychologically in Europe. Historians referenced in the episode: Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War: A New History. Penguin, 2005.  Leffler, Melvyn P. A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Admi…
A brief discussion about one of the turning points in the Cultural Revolution.
A discussion about the causes, consequences, and significance of the Oslo Accords. Deutsche Welle, "Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Accords leave a complicated legacy," 12 September 2023. The Conversation, "30 years after Arafat-Rabin handshake, clear flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace talk…
A discussion about the significance of the 2000 Camp David Accords Clinton, Bill. My Life. Knopf, 2004. (Chapter on Middle East peace efforts)  Ross, Dennis. The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.  Sher, Gilead. The Israeli–Palestin…
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