This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Photo: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a live broadcast Monday in Niederkassel.Rolf Vennenbernd / dpa via Getty Images. Retrieved from NBC News.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From the Thailand-Cambodia conflict to Friedrich Merz’s appeal for European strategic autonomy, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History

Photo: Namibia Seeks Stronger Chinese Investment in Strategic Projects. Image retrieved from Namibian Mining News.

Mitchel Stuffers
Assistant Editor at CIGH Exeter & PhD Candidate in History, University of Exeter

From Gustav Klimt’s ‘disguised’ portrait to recent Chinese investments in Africa, here are this week’s top picks in imperial and global history.

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Experts analyse extraordinary wartime career of Winston Churchill in new podcast

Churchill: The Finest Half Hour covers the most momentous years in Churchill’s remarkable life, when the outbreak of war with Nazi Germany saw him recalled from the political wilderness

Kerra Maddern

cross-posted from University of Exeter News

The extraordinary career of Winston Churchill and the events which led to him becoming Britain’s leader during World War Two are the focus of a fascinating new podcast.

Churchill: The Finest Half Hour brings together two leading international academic experts on the politician Professor Richard Toye and Dr Warren Dockter.

They analyse in detail Churchill’s dramatic rise to power and bring global audiences fascinating facts and fresh insights into the career of one of the most remarkable figures of 20th century history.

Churchill: The Finest Half Hour covers the most momentous years in Churchill’s remarkable life, when the outbreak of war with Nazi Germany saw him recalled from the political wilderness to take charge of the Royal Navy.

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