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A History of Hate

Allan Little explores how hatred has been stoked and manipulated throughout history.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Apartheid: From Bitter Almonds to the Rainbow Nation
Allan Little examines how apartheid was forged and then dismantled in South Africa.
07 Jun 2019,14 mins
Vietnam: Hatred in the Name of Liberty
How military training led many American troops to hate the entire Vietnamese population
06 Jun 2019,14 mins
Pogroms: Anti-Semitism, Revolution and Civil War
Allan Little examines the pogroms that erupted a century ago during the Russian civil war.
05 Jun 2019,14 mins
Rwanda: The Warped Solidarity of Hate
How propaganda convinced ordinary people to believe that genocidal murder was a civic duty
04 Jun 2019,14 mins
Bosnia: The Weaponisation of History
Allan Little explores how anti-Muslim hatred was mobilised during the Bosnian war.
03 Jun 2019,14 mins