How to Invent a Country
BBC Radio 4
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When did countries become countries? Misha Glenny on the borders, the stories and the people of countries worldwide.
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JUL 3, 2025
Two World Wars, One Failed Revolution
How Hungary grabbed the world's attention resisting the Soviets in 1956
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In 1848 a poet in a coffee shop set off a revolution that still reverberates today
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Hungary and Mohacs 500
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Taiwan
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MAY 24, 2024
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The Long March, the Civil War, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution
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