How to Invent a Country
A podcast by BBC Radio 4
61 Episodes
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Two World Wars, One Failed Revolution
Published: 3/07/2025 -
The Butcher And The Poet
Published: 2/07/2025 -
Hungary and Mohacs 500
Published: 23/06/2025 -
Taiwan
Published: 12/09/2024 -
China: The Life and Times of Chairman Mao
Published: 24/05/2024 -
China: imperial collapse
Published: 13/05/2024 -
China - to kowtow or not to kowtow
Published: 4/05/2024 -
China - the first emperor
Published: 3/05/2024 -
Turkey - Ottoman or Turk
Published: 20/11/2023 -
Turkey - A Delicate Balancing Act
Published: 27/10/2023 -
Turkey - The Military and Decline
Published: 27/10/2023 -
Turkey - The Ottomans: East or West
Published: 27/10/2023 -
Russia - the sacred song of war
Published: 9/01/2023 -
Russia - the Empire Strikes Back
Published: 9/01/2023 -
Russia - A Tale of Two Ivans
Published: 9/01/2023 -
Russia - the bear moves west
Published: 9/01/2023 -
Return to Spain
Published: 6/01/2023 -
Poland - Stalin on one side, Hitler to the left
Published: 8/04/2022 -
Poland - a nation without a state
Published: 28/03/2022 -
Poland - Obliterated from the map
Published: 28/03/2022
When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.