An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

69. England v Ukraine

July 02, 2021

Description

On the eve of a huge sporting encounter in Rome between the English and Ukrainian football teams, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the history binding the two nations. Crimea, The Light...
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Books Referenced

The End of History

Author: Francis Fukuyama

Context:

Dominic mentions interviewing Francis Fukuyama after the England-Germany match, explicitly identifying him as the 'author of The End of History'

Flashman at the Charge

Author: George MacDonald Fraser

Context:

Dominic explicitly identifies this as 'The great Crimean War book' when discussing the Crimean War, noting that Flashman is involved in the action including the Charge of the Light Brigade

Heroic Failure

Author: Fintan O'Toole

Context:

Referenced in discussion about British attitudes toward military disasters, with the phrase 'There's a book, isn't there, Heroic Failure in the British'

Bloodlands

Author: Timothy Snyder

Context:

Explicitly mentioned as 'the historian Timothy Snyder has this book, Bloodlands' in the context of discussing Ukraine's violent 20th century history and its position as a blood-soaked territory