21. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #22: Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, 1939-41 (29:24)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. his film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. This episode generally contains a description of the events leading up to the outbreak of WWII. Byrnes's outline covers: 1. Why collective security failed. 2. Crises/disasters contributing to loss of collective security, ending in 1938. 3. Explanation of the Russian/German non-aggression pact in Aug. 1939. 4. Description of the benefits gained by the Russians by signing the above non-aggression pact. 5. Explanation of the breakdown of German-Russian relations and the reasons for violation of the pact in June of 1941.
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22. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #20: Purges and trials, 1936-38 (29:33)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. This episode contains: Discussion of the great purges and public trials between 1935 and 1938. Commentary on the communist party and Soviet system of the time. Narrative of the purges, between January of 1935 and late 1938. Next, interpretation of the causes of the purges. Impacts of the purges on the events of 1959.
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23. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #8: Domestic history of the War (29:26)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. Byrnes's outline at the beginning of the episode includes: Discussion of the domestic consequences for Russia's war actions in the course of the First World War. Description of the early popularity of the war in Russia. Examination of the different classes of Russian society during the war. Concludes by examining the Russian army.
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24. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #15: Russia in 1921 and the N.E.P. (29:09)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Franics
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. This episode contains: Explanation of the success of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil war of 1918-1920. Explanation of the situation of the Russian Government as of 1921.
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25. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #14: Foreign Intervention in Civil War (29:32)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. This episode contains: Discussion of foreign intervention into the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. Contains a fast review of the civil war's course.
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26. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #12: Brest-Litovsk: Russia Leaves the War (29:38)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. Byrnes's outline includes: Discussion of Russia's withdrawal from the First World War after the revolutions of 1917. Discussion of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. History of the armisitice negotiations, positions of the parties involved. After armistice, examination of the negotiations for the peace treaty itself in Jan-Feb. of 1918. Consequences of the treaty for Russia.
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27. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #6: The Coming of the First World War (29:30)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. Byrnes's outline at the beginning of the episode includes: Discussion of how Russia became involved in WWI. Analysis of the period of constitutional government, from 1906 - 1914. Discussion of the state of Russia just before the first world war. Explanation of the events which precipitated World War I.
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28. Russian Revolutions and the Soviet Regime #28: Communist Expansion in Asia, 1945-59 (29:22)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Radio and Television Service, Byrnes, Robert Francis
Summary:
Robert F. Byrnes was a Professor of History at Indiana University from 1956 to 1988 and served as director of the Russian and East European Institute at IU from 1959-1962 and 1971-1975. Byrnes specialized in the study of Russian conservative thought, Russian historical writing, anti-Semitism in France and Europe, the Soviet role in world affairs after World War II, American policy toward Eastern Europe, and Soviet American relations. This film is part of series Byrnes created in 1959 for distance learning purposes. This episode contains: Discussion of the expansion of communism on the continent of Asia between 1945 and 1959. Description of the political situation on the Asian continent after the surrender of Japan in August of 1945. Analysis of the Chinese civil war. Discussion of the Korean War. Discussion of the 'second revolution' between 1949 and 1959 in China. Concludes with an examination of the relationship between communist China and the Soviet Union.
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29. Adaptation Strategies: A Poor Man's Solution? (1:06:43)

Date:
2010-10-12
Main contributors:
Jean Palutikof
Summary:
This presentation looks at what we must do to adapt to climate change-the size of the threat, and what we can do. It attempts to answer two fundamental questions: first, how must our lifestyle change in order to live with climate change and, second, can developing countries limit their emissions as they strive to improve living standards?
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30. African American Intellectuals in Europe in the Interwar Period (1:06:02)

Date:
2009-01-20
Main contributors:
Werner Sollors
Summary:
In the period that witnessed the rise of communism and its transformation into Stalinism, the emergence of fascism, and two momentous "interwar wars," numerous African American intellectuals met their counterparts in Europe. Encounters include: Counte Cullen and Claire Goll (Paris), Claude McKay, Alain Locke, and George Grosz (Paris, Berlin, Moscow), McKay, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and Leon Trotsky (Soviet Union), Horace Cayton and Nancy Cunard (Paris and Hamburg),Alain Locke and the "Black Watch on the Rhine" (French-occupied Rhineland), Langston Hughes, James Yates, and the Spanish Civil War,and W.E.B. Du Bois in Nazi Germany. Common human misunderstandings create a comedy of intellectuals against the climate of political violence in interwar Europe.
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