Perspectives on International Relations
Video and Multimedia
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Video:
Timothy Snyder: ‘Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin’
This presentation by Prof. Timothy Snyder, a historian, discusses the mass killings perpetrated in the Eastern European “bloodlands” – the area between Berlin and Moscow – by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
This video includes footage of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announcing that an agreement had been signed with Adolf Hitler – the most noted example of appeasement in modern times.
Bruce Thornton – The Wages of Appeasement
In this Hoover Institution interview, Prof. Bruce Thornton discusses historical examples of the strategy of appeasement (beyond the Munich Crisis of 1938.).
This is a brief segment from a 1935 newsreel features Sir Samuel Hoare, the British Foreign Minister, speaking about Britain’s commitment to collective security.
Web Resources:
This multimedia, interactive site-sponsored by the BBC contains photo galleries, audio clips, and numerous articles about World War II.
This PBS website accompanies a documentary on D-Day and contains maps, a timeline, interviews with D-Day participants, and letters from soldiers.