Niall Ferguson
Professor of Political and Financial History at the University of Oxford
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
CulturePhilosophyFormer Roman CatholicsGerman critics of ChristianityGerman revolutionariesCatholic theology and doctrine20th-century German non-fiction writersArtists who died by suicideAustrian emigrants to Germany20th-century German male writersHeads of state who died by suicide20th-century presidents of Germany, German anti-communists, Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st classGerman eugenicistsPeople with Parkinson's diseaseHistoryThomas AquinasMilitary ethics
Hitler in History
Melvyn Bragg examines the debate between various historiographical theories. How do Intentionalist, Structralist and Marxist views of history explain events in Nazi Germany?
5 October 2000
Also featuring: Ian Kershaw, Mary Fulbrook
History20th-century German non-fiction writersArtists who died by suicideAustrian emigrants to Germany20th-century German male writersGerman revolutionariesGerman critics of ChristianityHeads of state who died by suicide20th-century presidents of Germany, German anti-communists, Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st classGerman eugenicistsFormer Roman CatholicsPeople with Parkinson's diseaseJust War
Melvyn Bragg examines where the idea of a just war originated and whether after over 100 years of almost unimaginably violent conflict, the term has any meaning at all.
3 June 1999
Also featuring: John Keane