History Book Club

The History Book Club is staying with the 20th century as we discuss
the V-Force, the aircraft best exemplified by the Vulcan which was the plane that played a huge role in the James Bond film, Thunderball. It was a remarkably beautiful engineering feat, that remains an iconic vision of where British design and science was at in the 1950s. It was capable of flying vast distances where it was intended to deliver its payload, a nuclear bomb. Perhaps its most well-known mission was a bombing run during the Falklands War in 1982.

Jonathan Glancey joins the club – he’s an aircraft enthusiast, writer on architecture as well as being a thoroughly interesting chap with a lovely voice so we talk about British produced bombers and fighters
produced post-war.

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V-Force: Britain's Nuclear Bombers and the Cold War⁠
Vulcan barrel roll, Farnborough 1955

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After last week’s episode on the Iranian Revolution, I wanted to stay with the 1970s, and so Jason Burke joins me to discuss terrorism during the period, and specifically the Red Army Faction and Palestinian paramilitaries who would cooperate throughout the decade. This is an era when air travel was luxurious, booze sodden and fun – not like now sadly. Another element of flying back then was the very real risk that a couple of hairy Baader Meinhof gang members would hijack your plane, having waltzed through lax security.

Jason is the author of The Revolutionists and he joins to discuss the ideologies as well as characters such as Carlos the Jackal, Leila Khaled
and Ulrike Meinhof.

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The Revolutionists

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As you may be aware, there is an uprising across Iran, and
the government has lost the bazaars due to economic collapse. The Bazaars are the middle class shops, and their owners an important demographic in a country like Iran. The last time this happened, the Shah fled and regime we see today
took power.

Joining me is Scott Anderson, the author of King of Kings,
as we discuss the revolution, its participants, the US administration’s
involvement, the Shah and where we see the future, though with the strong caveat that this discussion took place before the current demonstrations.

Scott AndersonKing of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
Latest news from Iran: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3kl56z2l4o

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Latest film club is to celebrate the publication of Roger Moorhouse's latest book, Wolfpack, and it's Das Boot, the Wolfgang Petersen masterpiece.

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Das Boot on Wikipedia

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Latest film club is to celebrate the publication of Roger Moorhouse's latest book, Wolfpack, and it's Das Boot, the Wolfgang Petersen masterpiece.

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Wolfpack

Das Boot on Wikipedia

Ollie on X

Tim on X

Roger on X

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