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Joan of Arc
Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in 's history. Read more
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Misha Glenny explores a crucial period in 's history.
Maximilien Robespierre
Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
Le Petit Napoleon and the Franco-Prussian War
Misha Glenny explores the crucial events of 1870 and the Franco-Prussian war.
The USA
'It'll never work!'
The USA is an invention. So how do you build the most powerful country in the world?
Borderlands
The Melting Pot
The Netherlands
Orange Fever
Misha Glenny explores a pivot of western history, the Netherlands.
The Golden Age
Misha Glenny on the astonishing golden age of the Netherlands.
Why Belgium?
Misha Glenny ends his travels in the Netherlands in Brussels, home of the EU.
Britain
Like Quicksand for the Uninitiated
A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples, the stories we tell ourselves.
Anglocentrism... or why Britons Never Will Be Slaves
Misha Glenny on the role of England in the Invention of Britain
Insecurity... from Dover to Dublin and beyond
A four-part history of us - our borders, our peoples and the stories we tell ourselves.
So Many Different Little Corners
Who are the Scots, the Irish, the English and the Welsh? What do these words even mean?
Scandinavia
The Bridge
Misha Glenny looks at the people, the borders and the histories of Scandinavia.
The Viking Inheritance
Why Sweden has not always been the peace-loving nation it is today, with Misha Glenny.
The Narcissism of Small Differences
Misha Glenny looks at how Norway emerged as the richest Scandinavian nation of all.
Poland
Obliterated from the map
Misha Glenny on how Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine were wiped from the map.
A nation without a state
For 123 years Poland was divided between Russia, Prussia and Austria - how did it survive?
Stalin on one side, Hitler from the left
In August 1939, the Russians and the Germans agreed to slice Poland up.
Russia
A Tale of Two Ivans
What is Russia and where did it come from? Misha Glenny presents.
The Empire Strikes Back
How little Moscow expanded into the biggest country in the world.
Catherine the Great and the question of Europe
The Bear moves west.
The sacred song of war
Misha Glenny on Russia and defensive war.
Turkey
The Ottomans - East or West
Misha Glenny in Istanbul on the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic
The Military
East versus west, secular versus religious, how the empire came to the point of collapse.
A Balancing Act
Misha Glenny on the birth of Turkey from the ruins of the old Ottoman Empire in 1923.
China
The First Emperor
Misha Glenny on where China came from and what it is now.
To kowtow or not kowtow
Misha Glenny and producer Miles Warde head to Hong Kong.
Imperial Collapse
Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing, and what happened next.
The life and times of Chairman Mao
Misha Glenny completes our travels round China with the story of Chairman Mao
Taiwan
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on what is happening in Taiwan now.
