Uploaded by John Robson on 2017-09-19.
Making the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in a gas balloon in 1984 rather missed the golden age of ballooning, and it's an achievement with a few asterisks attached. But it's still a heck of an achievement by Joe Kittinger, and reminds us there are so many ways there are to excel in so many areas.
In The Origins of the Second World War, British historian A.J.P. Taylor argues that Hitler, far from having a grand strategic plan for world conquest, had a moderate foreign policy similar to most German politicians at the time and did not intend to start a major European war.
Uploaded by John Robson on 2017-09-06.
Two naval battles that began on August 30 remind us of the outsized geopolitical importance of the West.
What do Canadians need to know about the disasters socialism has caused around the world through history, and its deceptive appeal even today?