Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945 (Guest: Richard Overy)

Show Notes

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Richard Overy, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, to discuss his new book, “Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945.” They discuss why the Second World War should be considered the last imperial war, why the war needs to be looked at with a broader, more global perspective, and why it’s protracted, messy aftermath goes far beyond 1945.
 
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Show Notes:

The Atlantic: Daniel Immerwahr – “A New History of World War II”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/world-war-ii-empire-colonialism/629371/

The Critic: Rana Mitter – “Truly global view of World War II”
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/october-2021/truly-global-view-of-world-war-ii/

Irish Times: Geoffrey Roberts – “Blood and Ruins: Masterly overview of the ‘long’ second World War”
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/blood-and-ruins-masterly-overview-of-the-long-second-world-war-1.4643053

Literary Hub: Andrew Keen – “Has the Second World War Ended Yet? Richard Overy in Conversation” (AUDIO)
https://lithub.com/has-the-second-world-war-ended-yet/

Literary Review: Adam Zamoyski – “The World Ablaze”
https://literaryreview.co.uk/the-world-ablaze

New York Times: Josef Joffe – “World War II, Ukraine and the Future of Conflict”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/books/blood-and-ruins-richard-overy.html

The Times: Saul David – “Blood and Ruins by Richard Overy review — the Second World War began in 1931. Discuss”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/blood-and-ruins-by-richard-overy-review-bkfhbslvx

Times Literary Supplement: John Darwin – “End of empires”
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/blood-and-ruins-richard-overy-book-review-john-darwin/

Wall Street Journal: Michael F. Bishop – “‘Blood and Ruins’ Review: World War II and the Ends of Empires”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blood-and-ruins-book-review-history-world-war-ii-and-the-ends-of-empires-11648217702

Creators and Guests

Host

Tim Benson

Ill Literacy, the newest podcast from The Heartland Institute, is helmed by Tim Benson, Senior Policy Analyst for Heartland’s Government Relations team. Benson brings on authors of new book releases on topics including politics, culture, and history on the Ill Literacy podcast. Every episode offers listeners the author’s unique analysis of their own book release. Discussions often shift into debate between authors and Benson when ideological differences arise, creating unique commentary that can’t be found anywhere else.

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