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David Cameron: The Next Age of Government
by David Cameron
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
The leader of Britain's Conservative Party says we're entering a new era -- where governments themselves have less power (and less money) and people empowered by technology have more.
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Available on: Audio Download
The Prince is a simple and straight forward political guidebook for the ruling of autocratic regimes based on the first-hand experiences of Niccolo Machiavelli.
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HRH The Prince of Wales: A World View Fit for the 21st Century
by Prince Charles of Wales
Available on: Online Video
Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century with His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.
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France Since 1871
by John Merriman
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
This course covers the emergence of modern France.
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European Civilization, 1648-1945
by John Merriman
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
This course offers a broad survey of modern European history, from the end of the Thirty Years' War to the aftermath of World War II.
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Tony Blair: My Political Life
by Tony Blair
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Former British prime minister Tony Blair discusses his new political memoir, A Journey: My Political Life, in conversation with noted journalist and editor Tina Brown.
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The Magna Carta
Available on: Audio Download | Podcast
Signed on a hill at Runnymede in the year 1215, the Magna Carta was a revolution on paper.
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The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000
by James Vernon
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
For many years Britain was seen as the crucible of the modern world. This small, cold and wet island was thought to have been the first to develop representative politics, the idea of the individual, the nuclear family, capitalism and an industrial economy...
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Selected House of Commons Speeches
by Winston Churchill
Available on: Audio Download
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874 – 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II
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Europe and the World: Wars, Empires, Nations 1648-1914
by David Wetzel
Available on: Audio Download
This upper division course surveys the rise and fall of the European Powers in the period of war and revolution preceding the downfall of Napoleon to the outbreak of World War I.
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