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Jul 30, 2016
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In this week's programme, we hear personal accounts of two fronts in America's Cold War fight against communism: Guatemala and Russia itself. Plus, the earthquake in China that killed a quarter of a million; riots in the English city of Liverpool; and remembering Picasso in his prime.
PHOTO: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)
PHOTO: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)
Released:
Jul 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Zimbabwe Massacres: Robert Mugabe sent troops to put down opposition supporters in western Zimbabwe in 1983. by The History Hour