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Issue 3

Articles from Issue 3 (April/May 2017) of BBC World Histories Magazine

United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

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Is the future of Nato under threat?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nikita Khrushchev visits President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964

20th Century

Snuffed out democracies and poisoned toothpaste: how the Cold War wreaked havoc in post-colonial Africa

Illustration representing various empires across history

General ancient history

Have empires ever been a force for good?

Portrait of Ide B Wells

Victorian

Ida B Wells: civil rights activist and scourge of lynch mobs

Armoured cars unloaded in Shanghai in 1927

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China’s public image war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev looking disappointed frustrated

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The 1986 Reykjavík Summit: when hopes for nuclear peace were dashed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An indigenous Aymara woman selling herbs at La Paz's Witches' Market

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ExploreLa Paz, Bolivia: the history of the turbulent city of peace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pamir Mountains - know as Bam-i-dunya, 'Roof of the World'

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In the footsteps of Alexander Gardner, a Victorian adventurer who travelled to the Hindu Kush. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Armed Apache Warriors, Geronimo's Camp

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The fight for the American west: how myth obscures reality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Government troops patrol a village during the Salvadoran Civil War

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The end of El Salvador's civil war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Christopher de Bellaigue in conversation

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The Islamic Enlightenment: Christopher de Bellaigue and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in conversation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.