Black's History Week

In this episode of Black’s History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance talks to The Critic ’s deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves American and European strategic priorities.  

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance , sets out the lessons Russia's invasion of Ukraine has for the study of geopolitics.

In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Forts and also Fortifications and Siegecraft , talks to The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the fortified palaces and manor houses of the sixteenth century.

What prompted the Tsars to create a Russian Empire that colonised Ukraine, eastern Poland, the Baltic States and other lands in Eastern Europe? Was Moscow seeking greater security or fulfilling a sense of religious mission, or was Russia's western expansion simply naked nationalism and greed?  In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black discusses with The Critic' s deputy edito...

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about The Great Game and whether Tsarist Russia's expansion through Central Asia posed the challenge to India that British soldiers and diplomats feared. 

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Geopolitics and the Quest for Dominance , explains how calculations over Europe's balance of power and the Eastern Question set up the conditions for what became the Great Game rivalry between Russia and Britain.

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the Spanish-American war of 1896 and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5, conflicts often interpreted as differentiating rising and declining powers. 

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books include A Short History of War , talks to the The Critic' s deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why the British found the Boers so difficult to defeat and whether the conflict in South Africa introduced new means of waging and combatting guerrilla warfare. 

Was the “Scramble for Africa” in the late nineteenth century strategically planned or a succession of opportunistic acquisitions? In this edition of Black’s History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to The Critic’s Deputy Editor Graham Stewart about how the European powers fought over Africa whilst avoiding fighting each other.  

After its victory in the American War of Independence, would the new American Republic assert a "manifest destiny" over all of North America or would much of the continent remain in the hands of the old European powers of Britain, France and Spain? In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of Fighting for America , talks to The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart,...

In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black explains to The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, how the Confederate forces hoped to overcome the superior numbers and resources of the North and assesses whether they stood a realistic chance of winning. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify and iTunes to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image: Jun...

In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the British military presence in India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and what the Indian mutineers hoped to achieve in 1857 when they rose in rebellion. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an epis...

In this episode of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire found themselves fighting together against Russia in the Crimea. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image: Battle of Inkerman, 5 November 1854. Wars....

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books on the period include  Waterloo  and the forthcoming  The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Strategies for a World War , talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about why and how Europe was engulfed in wars with France between 1792 and 1815. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and...

Were warfare and the state's role in military affairs transformed between 1500 and 1800? In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of  A Short History of War  explores and debunks some generalisations about war in early modern Europe. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image: Battle of L...

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, whose books include  A Short History of War , talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about how the feudal system, differing weaponry and firepower and the size of armies shaped medieval warfare. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image:...

Siege warfare was the most common form of warfare in medieval Europe. In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of  Forts  and  Fortifications and Siegecraft , talks about defending and capturing walled cities and castles with  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never...

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of  A Short History of War , talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the nature of warfare in Ancient Greece and Rome. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image: Statue of Leonidas on the monument celebrating the Battle of The...

In this week's Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the centuries’ old military rivalry between China and Japan. Image by Getty. Music: Radetzky March by Human Symphony Orchestra ( premiumbeat.com ) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Australia's military capacity to check Chinese influence is being boosted by a new Anglo-American submarine contract and the establishment of the AUKUS defence pact. But how have Australia's interests been defended until now in the south-west Pacific and what difference will AUKUS make?   In this week's Black's History Week podcast, Professor Jeremy Black talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Gra...

Is there anything a 21st century military strategist can usefully learn from the tactics of Hannibal or the age of pike, sword and musket? In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black offers  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, a crash course in the history of war. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an e...

Concluding the Black's History Week series on the deployments of the British armed forces between Waterloo and the fall of Kabul, in this podcast Professor Jeremy Black talks  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the themes, breaks, and continuities that have shaped the British military over the last two hundred years. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes...

In this edition of Black's History Week, the author of  Military Strategy: A Global History , Professor Jeremy Black, talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the strategic options for American defence policy in the aftermath of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- I...

Continuing the series of Black's History Week podcasts on British military deployments, Professor Jeremy Black talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the future role of Britain's armed forces and whether the departure from Kabul marks the end of foreign nation-building operations. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never...

In this edition of Black's History Week, Professor Jeremy Black, author of  Insurgency and Counterinsurgency , talks to  The Critic 's deputy editor, Graham Stewart, about the performance of British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast on  Spotify  and  iTunes  to ensure you never you never miss an episode. -- Image: A British Army soldier from the 3rd Battalion...