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How it all Began

Examining the origins of notable conflicts

World Service,18 episodes

Episodes

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Latin American Debt
Trying to put an end to poverty. How Latin America got into debt and the cause of crisis
31 Oct 1988,13 mins
Apartheid
An Afrikaans word meaning "the state of being apart", literally "apart-hood".
16 Nov 1988,13 mins
Ozone Depletion
The moment when world leaders acknowledged an environmental crisis
20 Nov 1988,13 mins
The European Economic Community (EEC)
Reconstructing Europe after the Second World War
21 Nov 1988,13 mins
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Described as a cartel that manipulated the price of a commodity the world relied on
06 Dec 1988,13 mins
Gibraltar
Gibraltar has been fought over for centuries
23 Jan 1989,13 mins
Sino-Soviet Tensions
When Russia refused China a nuclear bomb - a symbiotic relationship broke down.
26 Jan 1989,13 mins
Antarctica
What lead to the commercialisation of Antarctica?
06 Feb 1989,13 mins
Chemical Weapons
The effectiveness and cost of chemical weapons
13 Feb 1989,13 mins
Khmer Rouge
The fatal relations between the people of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge
14 Feb 1989,13 mins
Greece and Turkey
"Condemned to be friends" - Georg Mavros
20 Feb 1989,13 mins
Northern Ireland
How did mistrust between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists come about?
22 Feb 1989,13 mins
The Russian Empire
Retaining identity in a consolidated Russian empire
07 Sep 1989,13 mins
Indo-Pakistan Tensions
Partitioning India involved moving 8 million people and dividing the land
26 Sep 1989,13 mins
Ethiopia - Eritrea Conflict
Eritrea became a disputed territory following the downfall of Mussolini
30 Sep 1989,13 mins
The Nuclear Arms Race
A look back at the nuclear arms race and the Cold war
10 Oct 1989,13 mins
Hong Kong
Hong Kong was known as the business mecca of the east
14 Oct 1989,16 mins
Berlin
The Yalta agreement that split Germany
06 Dec 1989,13 mins