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Stephen Graham is a History graduate who lives and works in Edinburgh, UK. He has long been fascinated with what drives and radicalises dictators, and has made this podcast as he collates material for a book on the subject.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ashford-Hodges, G. (2000), Franco: A Concise Biography
Burleigh, M. (2000), The Third Reich: A New History
Clark, M. (2005), Profiles in Power: Mussolini
Ellwood, S. (1994), Profiles in Power: Franco
Farrell, N. (2003), Mussolini: A New Life
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Ham, P. (2017), Young Hitler: The Making of the Führer
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James-Gregor, A. (1979), Young Mussolini and the Intellectual Origins of Fascism
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Kershaw, I. (1998), Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris
Kershaw, I. (2000), The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation
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McDonough, F. (2019), The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939
Olla, R. (2011), Il Duce and his Women
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Rees, L. (2012), The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
Roberts, J.M. (2001), Europe 1880-1945
Smith, D.M. (1976), Mussolini’s Roman Empire
Taylor, A.J.P. (1961 [1991]), The Origins of the Second World War
Trevor-Roper, H. (1947 [1995]), The Last Days of Hitler
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Ashford-Hodges, G. (2000), Franco: A Concise Biography
Burleigh, M. (2000), The Third Reich: A New History
Clark, M. (2005), Profiles in Power: Mussolini
Ellwood, S. (1994), Profiles in Power: Franco
Farrell, N. (2003), Mussolini: A New Life
Friedländer, S. (2009), Nazi Germany and the Jews, 1933-1945
Gallagher, T. (2020), Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die
Ham, P. (2017), Young Hitler: The Making of the Führer
Hibbert, C. (1962), Benito Mussolini: A Biography
James-Gregor, A. (1979), Young Mussolini and the Intellectual Origins of Fascism
Kalder, D. (2018), Dictator Literature: A History of Despots Through their Writing
Kershaw, I. (1998), Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris
Kershaw, I. (2000), The Nazi Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives of Interpretation
Kubizek, A. (1954), Young Hitler: The Story of Our Friendship
McDonough, F. (2019), The Hitler Years: Triumph, 1933-1939
Olla, R. (2011), Il Duce and his Women
Preston, P. (1993), Franco
Rees, L. (2012), The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
Roberts, J.M. (2001), Europe 1880-1945
Smith, D.M. (1976), Mussolini’s Roman Empire
Taylor, A.J.P. (1961 [1991]), The Origins of the Second World War
Trevor-Roper, H. (1947 [1995]), The Last Days of Hitler
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Before there was Franco, there was another twentieth-century general who abolished democracy to restore the glory of Spain. But who was Miguel Primo de Rivera, and what were the circumstances that brought him to power? Moreover, can this militarist who was dismissive of colonialism be considered a Fascist?
In the first of two episodes, I join Mr W of the GCSE History Revision Podcast to talk about the rise of Hitler.In November 1923, a bunch of political chancers launched an attempted coup - a putsch - from a beer cellar. A collection of ex-soldiers and political monomaniacs led by a failed artist, they thought they could repeat Mussolini's March on Rome. Who were they?In this episode we look at the early history of the National Socialist German Workers' Party - the Nazis - and the causes of the Beer Hall Putsch. We look at the events of the failed rebellion and then look at the consequences for Hitler, the Party and Germany as a whole.
Having been installed as Portugal's Prime Minister, how did Salazar rule? What were his principles, and how did he outline his political philosophies? We also discover the reasoning behind his keeping Portugal neutral during the Second World War, and how he was rewarded for so doing.
However, while some describe Salazar as the 'good' dictator, we are reminded of the darker underside of his regime...
Often grouped among the Fascist dictators, Salazar quietly ruled over Portugal for thirty-six years. But who was he, what were his principles, and under what circumstances did this logical, austere and priestly man who despised politics find himself appointed Prime Minister?
The founding of the German Workers' Party, its nebulous and illogical principles, and the first impressions of it given by Adolf Hitler. Conflicting accounts are given of Hitler's first meeting and his eventual reasons for joining the party, but it's clear in the minds of all concerned that it is with this dismal rabble in an insalubrious beerhall that a political career can be made...
The Legion arrives in Africa, and Francisco Franco is determined to model this new unit in his own image - organised and dedicated, but also cruelly disciplined and embracing death. As the vanity of a general leads Spain to its greatest military disaster since the loss of its empire, all of these traits will be required if the nation is to be avenged.
The Fascist movement was made up of outcasts from across the political spectrum, so what were the aims stated in its original programme for government, and how successful were these in capturing the imagination of the Italian public? Meanwhile, while Benito Mussolini's inconsistent and cynical approach to politics leads him to consider a path to parliament as the means of fomenting revolution, his former mistress returns...
Being elected to a representative body that was part of the Bavarian Socialist Republic is hardly the act of a lifelong anti-Marxist, but how strong are the claims of Hitler's being a socialist?Meanwhile, the far-right gains strength and arms thanks to 'Der Maschinengewehrkönig', and a General Staff Captain named Karl Mayr is in need of recruits to re-educate the soldiers in nationalist rhetoric...
As Major Francisco Franco combats the rise of leftist unrest, displaying the same brutal coldness to his fellow countrymen as he did to colonial rebels, he encounters a kindred spirit. This man's vision for a new military force would change the course of Franco's destiny, and rescue his career at the same time. The Legion was on the march.
To the victor, the spoils? Having turned their fortunes around and discovered patriotism in the process, Italy expected to be rewarded for being on the winning side of the Great War. Finding themselves ignored as the French and Americans decided Europe's future allowed resentment to fester, and Benito Mussolini to exploit the public mood. As society despaired at a weak government and veterans found the country weak and wanting, a new movement began to emerge...
As Adolf Hitler recovers from his wounding, the German state is brought to catastrophe by blockade, shortages and disease. Rather than face reality, Hitler chooses to believe that his Fatherland has been betrayed...
Spain may have remained neutral in the First World War, but world events and the rise of Bolshevism could not protect the country from heightened tensions. Meanwhile, Captain Franco was still at war in Morocco, plotting his path to greatness.
ADDENDUM: During this episode, I mention Spain's balance of trade having fallen since 1918. I of course meant to say since 1898. All those eights made me mis-speak.
The Italian Government finally decides whose side it is on and joins the Great War, but Benito Mussolini has a lot on his plate already. When not fighting duels with former socialist comrades, he's juggling two relationships and has a self-promoting war diary to write, which proves difficult in the sedentary world of the Alpine trenches. As you can imagine, none of it ends well...
A man with no prospects signs up with a country with no plan to go to a war with no point. Discover the blunders of Germany's early war effort, as well as Adolf Hitler's experiences in battle, with trench warfare, and with his comrades.
As the farcical actions of a ragtag group of young nationalists plunges Europe into war, we look at the reactions in Germany, Italy and Spain. While Hitler was swept along by a wave of patriotic fervour, Mussolini was working to keep his country out of the war - at first - while Franco remained a detached observer.
Turn-of-the-century Vienna was a city of contrasts: a racial melting-pot and a right-wing bastion, a thriving intellectual scene and a hotbed of bigotry. And on the periphery of it all, Adolf Hitler. Follow his life of failure as he drifts from cosseted indolence to poverty and homelessness, before moving on to Munich in an attempt to avoid military service.
Mussolini's brief career in the military had little effect on his political outlook. In fact, once his national service was over, his abilities in reading the public mood meant that his rise to prominence in the Socialist Party came about even faster...
Far from being a precocious young man of destiny as he would later claim, Adolf Hitler led the life of an indolent, directionless and cosseted youth. Here, we take a look at his early life - already based more on negatives than positives - as well as his attitudes to Wagner, women and The Sex.
Entering the military provides Francisco Franco with an ideological quest: restore the honour of Spain or gloriously die in the attempt. But his career in soldiering does not get off to an auspicious start.
The scandalous misadventures of a primary school teacher, and Mussolini's early forays into political speech-making.
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enjoying this very much.
Not very scholarly this Mr W, you can't learn anything by ridiculing what you don't know enough about, skewing it to suit your personal agenda, morals and outlook on life, he should be stripped of his professor credentials, that is no proper way to teach any subject matter, especially not by a bloated ignorant fool.