The SCANDAL Mongers Podcast6 Apr 2025

Scandalous Stories of WW2 | Ep.112 | The Scandal Mongers Podcast

Phil’s new book, 1945 The Reckoning, is published on April 24 2025 in the UK, India, Australia and New Zealand and in this special episode he is switching roles with his friend and occasional co-host Mok O’Keeffe.

Mok has been reading the book - but Phil has no idea what questions, thoughts and comments he might have. And he’s feeling nervous!

1945 The Reckoning is full of great and surprising stories and it speaks very directly to modern debates about empire, colonialism and race - and how we should remember and teach the history of both Britain and Australia. It suggests that the British government did some rather shameful and foolish things in the final months of the war, some of which involved Australian forces, because colonial agendas came to supersede earlier pledges about liberation and national self determination.

That said this is far from being an anti-imperial rant, and it contains many inspiring stories of the men and women who confronted Naziism and Japanese militarism. Phil calls it a ‘warts and all’ account of how the war was really won.’

There’s more info here...

https://sites.google.com/view/1945thereckoning/home

You can pre-order the book now on Amazon UK - and it will be available all around the world as an e-book and an audio book...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/1945-Reckoning-Empire-Struggle-World/dp/139971449X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=#

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