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Episode 281
AoH Book Club: Gautam Hazarika on The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II
In conversation with Phil Craig on the Aspects of History podcast, the historian addresses the experiences of Indian POWs across Southeast Asia, from the difficult choice of joining the Indian National Army to escapes, captivity, the impact on families and the ways their stories have been remembered.
Hello Gautam – a year on from publication, it seems the perfect opportunity to talk to you about The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II: Surrender, Loyalty, Betrayal and Hell, our Book Club pick for August. What first drew you into the history of the Indian...
Stalin’s Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire, by Antonia Senior
Antonia Senior's latest book draws from newly declassified files, making for a gripping read about the Soviet spy ring that changed history.
Antonia Senior’s exceptional new book opens with a bold claim: that an innocent-looking meeting between Comintern spymaster Arnold Deutsch and the 22-year-old Harold ‘Kim’ Philby on a London park bench in June 1934 ‘would change history and help to gift Joseph Stalin...
AoH Book Club: Phil Craig on 1945: The Reckoning: War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World
A year on from publication, the historian explains to the Editor how the final months of the Second World War exposed tensions between Britain and the Allies’ wartime ideals and imperial ambitions.
Great to have you in the interviewee’s chair for once, Phil. So 1945: The Reckoning has, a few months ago, celebrated its 1st birthday. It was the culmination of a kind of trilogy on Britain and the Second World War. What drew you to the final year of the war, and why...
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