Richard Overy, professor of history at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss World War II and the wars of imperial aggression.

Times

• 02:23 - Introduction
• 04:24 - Imperialism prior to World War II
• 06:00 - Nations as empires
• 08:32 -Traditional imperialism versus the Axis Powers' concept
• 11:02 - Who is Halford Mackinder?
• 13:14 - The development of Germany's vision of empire
• 14:36 - German war aims in World War I and World War II
• 17:02 - Germany and the East
• 22:16 - The Japanese vision of empire
• 25:01 - How Japan modernization
• 26:33 - Japan's methods of rule
• 27:50 - American and the USSR
• 34:06 - World War II book recommendations