1968 in 2008
Robert Gildea describes a new Europe-wide project to investigate the impact of 1968 and its sometimes bitter legacy.
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Social Outcasts in Nazi Germany
An obsession with Aryanism and eugenic theory was the catalyst for Nazi policies of repression and extermination against gypsies and other ‘asocials’ – the forgotten victims of the Third Reich.
Reds Under the Bed
International alarm over the terrorist threat is not new. Anthony Read relates how the appearance of Bolshevism created a state of near hysteria throughout the Western world.
Which Way Cuba?
As Fidel Castro finally hands over the reins of power after forty-nine years, Michael Simmons finds his country poised between past and future.
The Death of Martin Luther King
The civil rights leader was shot dead on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel on April 4th, 1968.
CND: The Story of a Peace Movement
Sue Donnelly introduces the archives of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and a project to make them accessible to a wider audience.
Selma and Civil Rights
Mark Rathbone examines the importance of one Alabama town’s contribution to the civil rights movement.
Anglo-Saxon England and the Meaning of Britain
What did Britain and the Britons mean to the Anglo-Saxons, and what did it mean to be their ruler?
Trouble Brewing: Asquith's Licensing Bill
Britain’s concerns over binge drinking are nothing new says Luci Gosling, who describes how the brewing industry united to wreck Asquith’s Licensing Bill of 1908.
Germany's Convict Exports
Richard Evans tells the little-known story of how 19th-century Germany attempted to solve its prison problems by secretly sending felons to the United States as immigrants.