1956: Conclusion

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

19th Century, 20th Century, International Relations, Politics, Thirty Years' War, Korean War, 18th Century, First World War, Phd, 17th Century, European History, History, War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

After nearly forty episodes, and many fantastic discoveries, what can we learn from this incredible year in history? Was it a turning point for the decolonising Europeans, or simply a signal that the United States was now the top dog? Was it truly damaging for the Soviets, or did the Hungarian chapter simply confirm what many had assumed - that only by forceful repression could the Warsaw Pact members be kept in line? This was a year of several spinning plates, but before we bid it farewell, we still have a bit more to say, so I hope you'll join me! Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a care in the world as you simply lean back, and before you know it, you're there.
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0:28.0	U.K. forward slash plan.
0:30.1	Yes! I just can't believe.
0:32.5	This Christmas, you could be a millionaire.
0:35.3	Get your lotto ticket for tonight's draw.
0:37.1	The National Lottery.
0:38.0	Rules and procedures apply.
0:38.9	Players must be 18 or over.
0:42.6	Tomorrow's midnight will remorselessly arrive,
0:45.8	and so will the pain, the hope, the fear, the ecstasy that years bring.
0:51.1	But whether what comes after is a new dawn or a polar darkness, we cannot yet know.
0:56.5	All we can do is summon up our courage and our wisdom and go forward.
1:02.4	This was how the New York Times ended its piece on the 30th of December, 1956.
1:07.5	The year which had begun as one containing no shortage of ill-omenes, with a malfunctioning
1:13.0	celebration in Times Square, most notably, was now at an end, and what a year it had been.
1:19.3	But it wasn't all revolution and revolt.
1:22.5	1956 was the year in which the rental of Top Hats was authorized in East Germany for the
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