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The Rest Is History

29. Americanisation

The Rest Is History

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History

4.626.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Has America taken over the world? Did the dollar and Hollywood enable the US to replace the British empire as the dominant international influencer? And is that power now waning? Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss Americanisation on the Rest is History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of the REST is History is sponsored by the Financial Times.

0:07.4

Now Tom, it's fair to say that we're living in pretty challenging times, but there's very

0:11.2

good news because the FT can help you make sense of global issues like geopolitics, inflation,

0:17.6

tech, climate change and more. Now their writing investigates the different and often

0:23.6

pretty unexpected ways that different stories interconnect to have an impact on your life, Tom,

0:29.8

and the world around you in Brixton. It is also very important to remember that the

0:34.4

Financial Times isn't actually just about financial news or even political news. It actually

0:39.6

covers an incredibly diverse range of subject. In fact, you know Dominic, what I was reading just

0:45.8

the other day, it was their best history books of 2022 list and I noticed that it included Paul

0:51.1

Corners book on Mussolini and Italian fascism. Plus, Emily Grebel's book, Mussolims and the

0:55.6

Making of Modern Europe, both of which are subjects that we covered on the podcast last year,

1:00.5

no less. Did they include the events and time children's history series in their history books

1:04.6

of the year? I think I would have remembered if it had. But for many listeners, Dominic, that may

1:09.3

well be a selling point. And the great news is that as well as being very, very, very good, they have

1:14.3

a special offer exclusively for REST's history listeners. So all you have to do is to visit

1:20.8

ft.com slash rest to read free articles, Tom. Free. And what's more, you'll get 50% off an annual

1:29.8

digital subscription. That's ft.com forward slash REST.

1:41.0

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1:52.0

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1:58.0

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2:03.5

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