It is all about the story. We are all experts in story, aren't we? And every day amidst this current world crisis, we are bombarded with narratives. Some of these "geopolitical" narratives are based on good history. Some on very poor history. But how do you spot the difference? How do you know big historical comparisons like "Pearl Harbour or "Munich 1938" are flawed, when you don't know the details of events? You can with the help of stories. You do not need to be an expert historian. You just need to pay attention to stories.
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Previous episodes referred to during this episode are:
31. Seven Basic Plots vs 1001 Nights of Stories
114 & 115. Exploring World History with leading Historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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125. How to spot bad histories in narratives of geopolitics.