11: Causes and effects of 20th century wars - History

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Contents

The Americas

Asia and Oceania

Europe - The First World War

Europe - The Russian Civil War

Europe - The Second World War

Europe - The Cold War

The Americas

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Introduction

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Origins: From World War II to the Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Origins: The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and NATO

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Korean War, 1950-53

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Domestic Impacts of the Cold War: The Red Scare and McCarthyism

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Globalisation of the Cold War: Decolonisation, Nuclear Weapons and the Space Race

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The Vietnam War, 1955-75

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Détente

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

The End of Détente and the Second Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – OVERVIEW, 1945-1991

Reagan and the End of the Cold War

Dr Thomas Tunstall Allcock, Manchester University

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Background: The Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Nikita Khrushchev’s Decision to Send Missiles to Cuba

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

Autumn 1962: Soviet Action and US Reaction

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

The First Week of the Crisis (14-22 October)

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, 1962

The Second Week of the Crisis (22-28 October)

Prof. Mark White, QMUL

COLD WAR – REAGAN, GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1979-1991

Introduction

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – REAGAN, GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1979-1991

Renewed Escalation, 1979-85

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – REAGAN, GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1979-1991

Genuine Détente, 1985-89

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – REAGAN, GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1979-1991

Why Did the Cold War End?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – REAGAN, GORBACHEV AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR, 1979-1991

The Post-Cold War World

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

US HISTORY – GOVERNMENT POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65

Why the North Went to War

Prof. Paul Escott, Wake Forest University

US HISTORY – GOVERNMENT POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65

Emancipation

Prof. Paul Escott, Wake Forest University

US HISTORY – GOVERNMENT POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65

Proposals for the Colonisation of African Americans

Prof. Paul Escott, Wake Forest University

US HISTORY – GOVERNMENT POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65

Abraham Lincoln's Ideas for Reconstruction

Prof. Paul Escott, Wake Forest University

US HISTORY – GOVERNMENT POLICIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-65

The Confederate Experience

Prof. Paul Escott, Wake Forest University

Asia and Oceania

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

The Role of the Atomic Bomb

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

US Containment Strategy

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

JFK and the Vietnam War

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

Western Policies

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN ASIA, 1945-75

The French War in Vietnam in Fact and Fiction

Prof. Kevin Ruane, Canterbury Christ Church University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

Before Pearl Harbour (1853 - 1941)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima (1941 - 1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Atomic Bombs (1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Beginnings of the Cold War (1945)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The American Occupation of Japan (1945 - 1948)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

THE USA AND JAPAN, 1941-52

The Reverse Course (1948 - 1952)

Dr Christopher Harding, Edinburgh University

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Introduction

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Origins

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Escalation

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Stalemate

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Tet and After

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

US HISTORY – THE VIETNAM WAR, 1945-75

Legacies

Prof. Mark Lawrence, UT Austin

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

The Historical Debate

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Two Assassinations

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Escalating Events

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

What pressures were there for war?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

How much did domestic politics influence LBJ’s decision for war?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - THE ESCALATION OF THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-65

Conclusion

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

Was there a Cold War consensus in the US on the eve of the Vietnam War?

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

What were the origins of the Vietnam anti-war movement?

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

How effective was the Vietnam anti-war movement?

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

Why did public support for the Vietnam War decline?

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

The Pro-War Movement

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

COLD WAR - OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT FOR THE VIETNAM WAR, 1954-75

The Silent Majority and the End of the War

Prof Kendrick Oliver, Southampton University

Europe - The First World War

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

Introduction: Europe in the 19th Century: From Cooperation to Competition

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

Domestic Politics: Britain, France and Germany

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

Domestic Politics: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

An Overview of 19th-Century European Society

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

The Long-Term Causes of the First World War

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

WORLD WAR I – CAUSES AND ORIGINS, 1815-1914

The Balkan Crisis and the Catalyst for War

Dr Sascha Auerbach, Nottingham University

BRITAIN – THE GREAT WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1914-39

Total War

Dr Matthew Cole, Birmingham University

BRITAIN – THE GREAT WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1914-39

Economy and Society

Dr Matthew Cole, Birmingham University

BRITAIN – THE GREAT WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1914-39

Politics and the Political System

Dr Matthew Cole, Birmingham University

BRITAIN – THE GREAT WAR AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1914-39

Britain's Position in the World

Dr Matthew Cole, Birmingham University

GERMANY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

Who Wanted War, and Why?

Prof. Belinda Davis, Rutgers University

GERMANY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

The First World War: A Basic Outline

Prof. Belinda Davis, Rutgers University

GERMANY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

What is "Total War"?

Prof. Belinda Davis, Rutgers University

GERMANY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

The Home Front

Prof. Belinda Davis, Rutgers University

GERMANY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

The Legacies of the First World War

Prof. Belinda Davis, Rutgers University

GERMANY – THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

The Myth of War Enthusiasm

Prof. Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Hallam University

GERMANY – THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

Economic Mobilisation

Prof. Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Hallam University

GERMANY – THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

Internal Opposition to the War

Prof. Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Hallam University

GERMANY – THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Prof. Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Hallam University

GERMANY – THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18

The End of the War

Prof. Matthew Stibbe, Sheffield Hallam University

WORLD WAR I – THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE GREAT POWERS, 1914-18

Preparations for War, 1905-14

Dr Rob Johnson, University of Oxford

WORLD WAR I – THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE GREAT POWERS, 1914-18

Stalemate in 1914

Dr Rob Johnson, University of Oxford

WORLD WAR I – THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE GREAT POWERS, 1914-18

The Search for Alternatives, 1914-16

Dr Rob Johnson, University of Oxford

WORLD WAR I – THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE GREAT POWERS, 1914-18

The New Way of War

Dr Rob Johnson, University of Oxford

WORLD WAR I – THE MILITARY STRATEGIES OF THE GREAT POWERS, 1914-18

The Bitter End

Dr Rob Johnson, University of Oxford

GERMANY - BEFORE THE WAR, 1871-1918

What was Germany like in 1914?

Prof. Matthew Jefferies, Manchester University

GERMANY - BEFORE THE WAR, 1871-1918

Was Germany an Unfinished Nation State?

Prof. Matthew Jefferies, Manchester University

GERMANY - BEFORE THE WAR, 1871-1918

How was Imperial Germany governed?

Prof. Matthew Jefferies, Manchester University

GERMANY - BEFORE THE WAR, 1871-1918

How far did Kaiser Wilhelm II succeed in establishing personal rule?

Prof. Matthew Jefferies, Manchester University

GERMANY - BEFORE THE WAR, 1871-1918

How is the German Empire Viewed Today?

Prof. Matthew Jefferies, Manchester University

Europe - The Russian Civil War

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

February 1917: The Revolution Erupts

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Looking Back: An Empire in Crisis

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Looking Back: War: A Disaster in the Making

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Whose Revolution?

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Contenders for Power

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

October 1917: The Bolsheviks Take Over

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Revolutionary Ferment: The Bolsheviks and Their Ideas

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

Resistance From Within: The Forces of Counter-Revolution

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

The World Reacts: Interventions For and Against

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

A People's Tragedy: Civil War and Famine

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

The Revolution Betrayed: The Road to Kronstadt

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

RUSSIA – REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR, 1917-22

The Russian Revolution: Consequences and Legacies

Dr Mark Levene, Southampton University

Europe - The Second World War

BRITAIN – POLITICS, 1918-45

Churchill as War Leader

Dr Robert Crowcroft, Edinburgh University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Origins of East Germany, 1945-49

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Berlin Airlift, 1948-49

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Economy of East Germany

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Insurrection of 1953

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Rise of the Berlin Wall, 1961

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – EAST GERMANY, 1945-89

The Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989

Prof. Patrick Major, Reading University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

Why was housing seen as so important to the building of a socialist society?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

Were women more emancipated in East Germany than in the West?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

To what extent did Stasi surveillance shape life in East Germany?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

How important was repression for the stability of the GDR?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

What was the role of the Protestant church in East Germany?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY – LIFE IN EAST GERMANY, 1949-89

How did Ostpolitik change relations between West and East Germany?

Dr Marcel Thomas, Manchester University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

The Last Battles

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

The Last Days of the Reich

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

The Liberation of the Camps

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

The Occupation of Germany

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

The Loss of the German East

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

GERMANY - THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, 1945

Germany in 1945

Prof. Richard Bessel, York University

Europe - The Cold War

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1941-55

Introduction

Dr Mathias Haeussler, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1941-55

The Historiographical Debate

Dr Mathias Haeussler, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1941-55

The Long Term Origins

Dr Mathias Haeussler, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1941-55

The Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance

Dr Mathias Haeussler, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE, 1941-55

The Division of Germany

Dr Mathias Haeussler, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – EARLY TENSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, 1917-1946

Early Differences and the Formation of the Grand Alliance, 1917-42

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Leicester University

COLD WAR – EARLY TENSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, 1917-1946

Wartime Tensions and the Tehran Conference, 1942-44

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Leicester University

COLD WAR – EARLY TENSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, 1917-1946

Plans for the Post-War World and the Yalta Conference, 1944-45

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Leicester University

COLD WAR – EARLY TENSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, 1917-1946

Truman, the Atomic Bomb and the End of the War, 1945

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Leicester University

COLD WAR – EARLY TENSION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, 1917-1946

The Post-War World, the Long Telegram and the Novikov Telegram, 1945-46

Dr Andrew Johnstone, Leicester University

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

Cold War Historiography

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

Post World War Tension, 1945-46

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

The US Declarations of Cold War, 1946-47

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

Early Cold War Tensions, 1948-49

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

The Globalisation and Militarisation of the Cold War, 1950

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR - ORIGINS, 1945-50

Who was to blame for the Cold War?

Prof. Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge

COLD WAR – THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61

Background to the Crisis

Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

COLD WAR – THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61

Early Tension, 1958-60

Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

COLD WAR – THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61

Khrushchev's Ultimatum

Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

COLD WAR – THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61

Kennedy's Response and the Construction of the Berlin Wall

Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

COLD WAR – THE BERLIN CRISIS, 1958-61

Aftermath

Prof. Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London