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World Service,05 Jul 1999,29 mins

Instability and Revolution

My Century

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Recalling some of the periods of great instability and revolution during the 20th Century, including the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, the collapse of Lebanon in 1975, surviving the Khmer Rouge's brutal Tuol Sleng prison and the fall of the Berlin Wall. ***This programme about instability and revolution contains some scenes which some listeners may find upsetting.***

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