World
The modern world cannot be studied without examining the course, impact and legacy of two world wars, the resources in this section set out to look at both the First and Second World Wars in their global context. The section also includes the Cold War and its impact in Latin America, South-East Asia and parts of Africa. This period also sees the rise and fall of European imperialism and the changing nature of global politics and economics as technology brings different stories from so many parts of the world directly to us. Read more
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Out and about in Zanzibar
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A tale of two statues
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The End of Germany’s Colonial Empire
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Comparing the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Jameson Raid
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Populism, Progressivism and Trumpism
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Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War
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Mission to Kabul: Destabilising the British strategic position, 1916
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The Victorian Age
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My Favourite History Place: Mandala House
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The Sykes-Picot agreement and lines in the sand
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WWI and the flu pandemic
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Bristol and the Slave Trade
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Will China Democratise?
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The Story of the African Queen
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The shortest war in history: The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
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The Indian Mutiny - Pamphlet
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Gary Sheffield: Origins of the First World War
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Richard Evans Medlicott lecture: The Origins of the First World War
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Sir Francis Dent and the First World War
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D-Day, Commemorations - the last big year to remember?
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