Season 1 - Episode Guide

AJP Taylor discusses a war of political creeds - with the monarchy on one side and democracy and nationalism on the other.

AJP Taylor discusses the Crimean War and the war of national liberation in Italy.

AJP Taylor discusses Prussia's conflicts under Bismarck, including the Prusso-Austrian War in 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

AJP Taylor presents his interpretation of the causes of the First World War, rejecting 50s theories attributing the outbreak of hostilities to German design.

AJP Taylor considers when World War II started and why.

AJP Taylor considers the origins of the Cold War, citing a history of mistrust between the US and Soviet Russia.