Richard Overy, professor of history at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss World War II and the wars of imperial aggression.
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02:23 - Introduction
04:24 - Imperialism prior to World War II
06:00 - Nations as empires
08:32 -Traditional imperialism versus the Axis Powers' concept
11:02 - Who is Halford Mackinder?
13:14 - The development of Germany's vision of empire
14:36 - German war aims in World War I and World War II
17:02 - Germany and the East
22:16 - The Japanese vision of empire
25:01 - How Japan modernization
26:33 - Japan's methods of rule
27:50 - American and the USSR
34:06 - World War II book recommendations
