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61) In Their Name
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
December 1941: a group of women and a 10-year-old girl named Sorella Epstein are photographed after being ordered to take their outer clothing off in freezing temperatures. Humiliated and silenced, they are among 3,640 Latvian Jewish women and children massacred by Nazi troops and their Latvian collaborators at Skede Beach, Latvia. Almost 80 years later, Ethel Davis, a 90-year-old Jewish Australian, is till haunted by this massacre. She is the author...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Finish the series by exploring America's nine-year war in Iraq, from the first Gulf War to the withdrawal of US troops in 2011. Start by exploring the ideology that drove the US invasion. Chart the rise of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and ISIS and conclude by examining why the United States could not bring democracy to Iraq.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The future of Asia, occupied by various powers in the early 20th century, became murky after 1945. One thing was clear though: Few people wanted to see colonial occupiers reassert influence there. Here, zero in on conflicts in Indonesia, the Philippines, and India to see how geopolitics in the region transformed after the war.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Like the UK, France struggled to hold on to its overseas territories. Explore the fight waged by Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh to establish a communist government in his country. Learn about the complicated, bloody history of Algerian independence, and see how each of these wars highlighted the costs of both colonialism and protracted involvement in local conflicts.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Having explored so many volatile conflicts thus far, one question comes to mind: Why hasn't World War III happened yet? From the dawn of atomic power to the Cuban Missile Crisis, discover how nuclear weapons fundamentally changed the way that great powers engage with each other globally.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As war raged on across the globe, China had to contend with a civil war between Mao Zedong's Communists and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Party. Explore the war from its colonial roots to the establishment of the People's Republic of China and discover how the USSR and the United States became involved in the bloody conflict.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The war in Vietnam remains one of America's most salient military losses, testing just how far the United States was willing to go in the global battle against communism. Focus on America's war in Vietnam by examining the history and military strategy behind the conflict across two decades and three US presidencies.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Why did Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait, and how did the United States retaliate? Focus on one of the most important post-Cold War military conflicts: the Persian Gulf War. Examine the importance of international coalition building and see how Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein became emboldened by the fight.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Investigate the scale and scope of violent conflicts in Latin America. Start by examining the lead up to a civil war in Guatemala. Investigate the rise of communism in Cuba through the life of Fidel Castro. Then, take a closer look at the violence surrounding a right-wing government in Chile and a left-wing government in Nicaragua in the late 20th century.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The Six-Day War, though a testament to Israel's military might, did not resolve its problems. Explore how the Israeli state dealt with instability both inside of and beyond its borders post-1967. Follow the events that led to the historic Camp David and Oslo Accords. And examine contemporary clashes between Israel and hostile groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
What did war at sea look like in the post-World War II era? The infamous clash between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falklands might offer some clarity. Explore the causes and effects of the Falklands war. Investigate why Britain succeeded and Argentina did not. And discover the importance of anti-ship cruise missiles.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time to examine the series of events that followed World War II from the allied occupation of Germany to the Greek Civil War. See how the Soviet Union contended with insurgencies in the Baltic region and explore the beginnings of a new kind of global conflict between the United States and the USSR.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Waged by groups within a particular country, an insurgency can be defined as rebellion from below. But how does each side—the haves and have-nots—approach the fight? Examine the characteristics of insurgent and counterinsurgent warfare by looking at their application in real conflicts, as well as the strategies that guide them.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From the "McDonald's theory"—referring to when a country can economically support a network of McDonald's restaurants—to a state's nuclear capabilities, evaluate the factors that explain why wars between great powers look different nowadays, and explore what future conflicts could look like between the United States and two of its major adversaries.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Civil wars are some of the deadliest contemporary conflicts we fight, but are they more common now than they were before the Second World War? Understand what it really means to fight a civil war, and learn about the extraordinarily violent conflicts that tore Congo and Rwanda apart.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In the 1960s, India and Pakistan went to war over the northern territory of Kashmir. But why? What can history reveal about the territorial anxieties facing both nations? And how did global powers like the United States respond to the violent conflicts that engulfed the subcontinent after World War II? Answer these key questions here.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While America struggled to beat back communism in Vietnam, the Soviet Union fought a costly, unsuccessful war of its own in Afghanistan. What factors contributed to the loss? Why were Afghans so resistant to the USSR and the Soviet-aligned People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan?
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Why did America fight a war in Korea? How did the USSR engage with the conflict? Could the United States wage a "limited" war on the peninsula like it had intended? And what are we to make of a war that ended not in peace, but in an armistice? Get to the bottom of these questions and more.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After the Second World War, the nature of war—not only where, but how it is fought—changed dramatically. In this inaugural episode, begin to explore the transformation of violent conflicts between major world powers by delving into a particularly recent example: America's 20-year war in Afghanistan.