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Coffee House Shots: is the world safer than in 1945?

Coffee House Shots: is the world safer than in 1945?

Update: 2025-08-16
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80 years ago this week Japan surrendered to the allies, ushering in the end of the Second World War. To mark the anniversary of VJ day, historians Sir Antony Beevor and Peter Frankopan join James Heale to discuss its significance. As collective memory of the war fades, are we in danger of forgetting its lessons? And, with rising state-on-state violence and geopolitical flashpoints, is the world really safer today than in 1945?


Produced by Patrick Gibbons.




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Coffee House Shots: is the world safer than in 1945?

Coffee House Shots: is the world safer than in 1945?