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The EI PodcastThe making of Trump's worldviewWhat are the deep roots of Trump's worldview? Can we learn to read Trump’s behaviour? And are there opportunities to be had for those who can?
EI's Alastair Benn and Paul Lay are joined by Charlie Laderman, Senior Lecturer in International History at King's College London, to discuss how to interpret the Trump White House.
This episode was recorded on 7th April.
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American History HitFDR vs HitlerThe leaders of the two most powerful nations fighting in the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, never met. They never even spoke.In this episode, we explore the war of words between them, the involvement of each of their allies and when it became certain that war would break out between their two nations.Don is joined by Charlie Laderman, Senior Lecturer in International History at King's College London. Charlie is the author of 'Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War'.2025-01-161h 01American History HitFDR vs HitlerThe leaders of the two most powerful nations fighting in the Second World War, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, never met. They never even spoke.In this episode, we explore the war of words between them, the involvement of each of their allies and when it became certain that war would break out between their two nations.Don is joined by Charlie Laderman, Senior Lecturer in International History at King's College London. Charlie is the author of 'Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War'.2025-01-161h 01
War StudiesTrump and the future of the Russia-Ukraine warWhat would Trump’s return to the White House mean for Ukraine’s future and Europe’s security? How might his strategy for the war in Ukraine differ from the current administration’s? Can he deliver on his pledge to end the conflict quickly, and what might his approach involve?
In this episode, Dr Charlie Laderman, Dr Ruth Deyermond and Dr Barbara Zanchetta—Senior Lecturers in the Department of War Studies—delve into Trump’s stance on NATO, US-Russia relations, and his evolving approach to China, Iran and North Korea. They discuss how a second Trump term could reshape the war in Ukraine...2024-11-2553 minAmerican History HitWoodrow Wilson & The End of WW1: The League of NationsWhen it comes to US foreign policy in the early 20th Century, isolationism tends to come to mind. What, then, was Woodrow Wilson's impact on the end of WW1?Don is joined by Charlie Laderman to find out more about the peace negotiations, the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, and how these things were understood in the US.Charlie is Senior Lecturer in International History at King's College London. He is the author of 'Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order'.2024-09-3046 minAmerican History HitWoodrow Wilson & The End of WW1: The League of NationsWhen it comes to US foreign policy in the early 20th Century, isolationism tends to come to mind. What, then, was Woodrow Wilson's impact on the end of WW1?Don is joined by Charlie Laderman to find out more about the peace negotiations, the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, and how these things were understood in the US.Charlie is Senior Lecturer in International History at King's College London. He is the author of 'Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order'.2024-09-3046 min
War StudiesThe Strugle for Taiwan with Professor Sulmaan KhanWhat makes Taiwan such a crucial flashpoint in global politics? How has its historical journey shaped its current role on the world stage?
In this special 'War Studies Podcast Live' episode, Dr Charlie Laderman, Senior Lecturer in International History, talks with Professor Sulmaan Khan of Tufts University about his latest book, ‘The Struggle for Taiwan’.
From Taiwan’s significance during World War II and the Cairo Declaration of 1943, to the intricate dance of the US diplomacy during the Korean War and Nixon’s era, this conversation delves into how historical events continue to influence modern US-China relations. Professor Khan also explores...2024-09-051h 01
The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 061 Part 10. Rommel’s Unwinnable Desert War – Don't Tell Anyone - I'm Attacking.Despite the apparent wisdom of the very limited scope of Rommel’s original role in North Africa, of stopping the British from conquering the Italian North African provinces, Rommel was the classic early war panzer commander. Nothing could tether him – nothing but the inevitable limitation of his logistics. They caught up with Guderian. And they caught up with Rommel.
Tag words: Brendan Simms; Charlie Laderman; Hitler’s American Gamble; Field Marshall Erwin Rommel; Deutsche Afrika Korp; Basil Liddell Hart; The Rommel Papers; David Irving; The Trail of the Fox; Tripartite Pact; John Kenneth Galbraith; President Roosevelt; Adolf Hitler;2024-05-2927 min
For the Ages: A History PodcastHitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global WarIn December 1941, Nazi Germany controlled much of Europe, Japan was fighting a brutal campaign in China, and the United States had yet to enter into combat on either front. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, however, changed everything. Historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman join moderator David M. Rubenstein to dissect the five crucial days between the attack on Pearl Harbor and Nazi Germany’s declaration of war on the United States, tracing the strategic decisions that would irrevocably change the course of the Second World War. Recorded on July 31, 20232024-03-2531 min
The EI PodcastEI Talks... December, 1941In December 1941, the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, making the Second World War a truly global conflict. Paul Lay is joined by Charlie Laderman to discuss a month that shook the world.
Image: Three US battleships stricken during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Credit: GRANGER - Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo 2024-01-1240 min
On GeopoliticsEpisode 39: Tensions in the CaucasusDr Charlie Laderman joins Ali and Suzanne to explore the origins of the dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the current situation, and the real and increasing risk of renewed violence in the Caucasus.About the hosts:Suzanne Raine is an Affiliate Lecturer at the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge University. She served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues, including postings in Poland, Iraq and Pakistan. She specialised in counter-terrorism and was a senior member of the UK government assessment community. She is also a member...2023-10-1843 min
With the Bark Off: Conversations on the American Presidency"Wilson sees no course compatible with American honor to keep the US out of war" A Conversation with Charlie Laderman About Woodrow WilsonProfessor Laderman is a prolific historian of international affairs based in the War Studies Department at King’s College London. His books include Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order as well as Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War. Laderman has also written for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post and has worked as a commentator for the BBC.
2023-02-1653 min
School of WarEp 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on AmericaCharlie Laderman, lecturer at King’s College London and co-author of Hitler's American Gamble, joins the show to talk about his latest book, which covers the crucial days between the attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler’s perplexing declaration of war on the United States.▪️Times • 01:52 Introduction• 02:50 Wasn’t War Inevitable?• 07:12 Japan And Germany - Strange Bedfellows• 11:10 Hitler’s Blurred Vision• 14:45 Japan - Will They, Won’t They Attack • 15:51 Churchill’s Outlook• 22:58 Anti-Interventionist Sentiment• 26:57 Anti-Semitism• 3...2022-07-1259 min
WarfareHitler's American GambleThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 remains etched in public memory as the turning point of WW2. But in fact, it was Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States – four days later on December 11, 1941 – that changed everything.In this episode, Professor of International Relations at Cambridge University Brendan Simms tells Dan the story of those five unsettling days. Churchill did not sleep “the sleep of the saved and thankful” after the attack, as he later claimed. Japan’s leaders were unsure whether Hitler would honour a private commitment to declare war. Roosevelt knew that many Am...2022-05-0422 min
Booknotes+Ep. 51 Brendan Simms & Charlie Laderman, "Hitler's American Gamble"The book "Hitler's American Gamble" recounts the five days in 1941 that upended everything. Starting with Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th and ending with Hitler's declaration of war on the United States on December 11th, British historians Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman trace the developments during the five days in real-time and reveal how America's engagement in World War Two was far from inevitable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2022-03-011h 05
Departures with Robert AmsterdamFour days that changed the course of World War IIDuring one specific week in December in 1941, a series of events and calculations led to Adolf Hitler's disastrous decision to declare war on the United States, putting the conflict on the eventual path toward the outcome we now regard with familiarity. The sequence of events leading from the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan to the entry of the United States into the war were of course very far from clear cut or certain at the time, and instead played out with the high-tension drama of a Hollywood thriller. The story of what happened during...2022-02-2232 min
BookstackEpisode 52: Simms and Laderman on Hitler's American GambleWhat drove Hitler to declare war on the United States after Pearl Harbor, and what, if anything, can that fateful decision to kick off a truly world war tell us about today’s dangerous moment? Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman join host Richard Aldous to discuss their new book, Hitler’s American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany’s March to Global War. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.persuasion.community/subscribe2022-01-2832 min
Dan Snow's History HitHitler's American GambleThe Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941 remains etched in public memory as the turning point of WW2. But in fact, it was Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States – four days later on December 11, 1941 – that changed everything. In this episode, Professor of International Relations at Cambridge University Brendan Simms tells Dan the story of those five unsettling days. Churchill did not sleep “the sleep of the saved and thankful” after the attack, as he later claimed. Japan’s leaders were unsure whether Hitler would honour a private commitment to declare war. Roosevelt knew that man...2021-12-1324 min
Western CivHitler's American GambleToday I sit down with Brendan Simms and Charlie Laderman and talk about their most recent book: Hitler's American Gamble. It is an hour-by-hour breakdown of one of most the crucial thirty-six-hour periods in world history. Website: www.westerncivpodcast.comAd-Free Show: www.patreon.com/westerncivpodcastWestern Civ 2.0 Free Trial: www.glow.fm/westernciv2021-12-111h 38On GeopoliticsEpisode 3: Five days that changed the world?Professor Brendan Simms and Dr Charlie Laderman introduce their latest book, Hitler's American Gamble, which shows mistrust and uncertainty in decision-making between allies and adversaries in the five days between Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbour and Hitler's declaration of war on the USA.---The hosts:Suzanne Raine is an Affiliate Lecturer at the Centre for Geopolitics at Cambridge University. She served for 24 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office on foreign policy and national security issues, including postings in Poland, Iraq and Pakistan. She specialised in counter-terrorism and was a senior...2021-11-2432 min
Let Free Audiobook Transport You to New WorldsHitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War Audiobook by Brendan SimmsListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 500315
Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War
Author: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman
Narrator: Damian Lynch
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16:31:15
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-21
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: History, Europe, Military
Summary:
A riveting account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States
By early December 1941, war had changed much of the world beyond recognition. Nazi Germany occupied most of the European continent, while in Asia, th...2021-11-174h 31
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Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War
Author: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman
Narrator: Damian Lynch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 31 minutes
Release date: November 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Genres: Europe
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A riveting account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States By early December 1941, war had changed much of the world beyond recognition. Nazi Germany occupied most of the European continent, while in Asia, the Second Si...2021-11-164h 31
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Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and Germany's March to Global War
Author: Charlie Laderman, Brendan Simms
Narrator: Damian Lynch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 31 minutes
Release date: November 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
A riveting account of the five most crucial days in twentieth-century diplomatic history: from Pearl Harbor to Hitler’s declaration of war on the United States By early December 1941, war had changed much of the world beyond recognition. Nazi Germany occupied most of the European continent, while in Asia, the Second Si...2021-11-164h 31
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Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War
Author: Charlie Laderman, Brendan Simms
Narrator: Damian Lynch
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Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
Release date: October 28, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. This gripping book dramatizes the extraordinarily compressed and terrifying period between the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States. These five days transformed much of the world and have shaped our own experience ever since. Simms and Laderman's aim in the book is...2021-10-284h 30
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Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War
Author: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman
Narrator: Damian Lynch
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16:30:18
Language: English
Release date: 10-28-21
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: History, World, Europe, Military
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Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War
Author: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman
Narrator: Damian Lynch
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 16 hours 30 minutes
Release date: October 28, 2021
Genres: Military
Publisher's Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. This gripping book dramatizes the extraordinarily compressed and terrifying period between the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States. These five days transformed much of the world and have shaped our own experience ever since. Simms and Laderman's aim in the book is...2021-10-284h 30
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in History, MilitaryHitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War by Brendan Simms, Charlie LadermanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/528579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Hitler's American Gamble: Pearl Harbor and the German March to Global War Author: Brendan Simms, Charlie Laderman Narrator: Damian Lynch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 30 minutes Release date: October 28, 2021 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. This gripping book dramatizes the extraordinarily compressed and terrifying period between the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war on the United States. These five days transformed much of the world and have shaped our own experience ever since. Simms and Laderman's aim in the book...2021-10-2805 min
Society for Armenian Studies PodcastSAS Podcast no. 42 – Charlie LadermanProf. Charlie Laderman (Kings College, London), Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019)
Interviewed by Anna Aleksanyan (Ph.D. Student, Clark University)
[August 7, 2020]
2020-08-0725 min
Horns of a DilemmaSharing the Burden: The Armenian Crisis and Anglo-American Power TransitionIn this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Charlie Laderman, lecturer in international history at the War Studies Department at King's College, discusses his book Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order. Laderman talks about the mass killing and death of Armenians during the period that preceded and shortly followed the independence of the Turkish Republic. The subject of this episode focuses on the question of how this incident signaled the rise of a global order based simultaneously on liberalism, sovereignty, and a commitment to human rights. This event took place at th...2019-12-0641 min
New Books in Turkish StudiesCharlie Laderman, "Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order" (Oxford UP, 2019)In Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2019), Charlie Laderman exposes the way that imperial ambitions suffused the ideas and practices of turn-of-century humanitarian intervention. Beginning his story in the late 19th century Ottoman Empire, Dr. Laderman demonstrates how the successive waves of violence perpetrated against Armenian Christians provoked new ways of thinking about imperial governance, the practice of intervening on humanitarian grounds, and notions of “civilization” itself.Laderman’s book opens in the mid-19th century Ottoman Empire, when both Eastern and Western European states stood poised...2019-09-181h 12
New Books in World ChristianityCharlie Laderman, "Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order" (Oxford UP, 2019)In Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2019), Charlie Laderman exposes the way that imperial ambitions suffused the ideas and practices of turn-of-century humanitarian intervention. Beginning his story in the late 19th century Ottoman Empire, Dr. Laderman demonstrates how the successive waves of violence perpetrated against Armenian Christians provoked new ways of thinking about imperial governance, the practice of intervening on humanitarian grounds, and notions of “civilization” itself.Laderman’s book opens in the mid-19th century Ottoman Empire, when both Eastern and Western European states stood poised...2019-09-181h 12
New Books in Middle Eastern StudiesCharlie Laderman, "Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order" (Oxford UP, 2019)In Sharing the Burden: The Armenian Question, Humanitarian Intervention, and Anglo-American Visions of Global Order (Oxford University Press, 2019), Charlie Laderman exposes the way that imperial ambitions suffused the ideas and practices of turn-of-century humanitarian intervention. Beginning his story in the late 19th century Ottoman Empire, Dr. Laderman demonstrates how the successive waves of violence perpetrated against Armenian Christians provoked new ways of thinking about imperial governance, the practice of intervening on humanitarian grounds, and notions of “civilization” itself.Laderman’s book opens in the mid-19th century Ottoman Empire, when both Eastern and Western European states stood poised...2019-09-181h 12
This is DemocracyThis is Democracy – Episode 50: British-American Relations: Past and FutureJeremi sits down in an English pub with Professor Charlie Laderman to discuss British-American relations and their effects on the two democracies.
Dr. Charlie Laderman is a lecturer in international history at King’s College, London. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, and his new book is: Sharing the Burden: Armenia, Humanitarian Intervention and the Search for an Anglo-American Alliance, 1895-1923 (Oxford University Press.)2019-07-2400 min