The History Guy
Counterfactuals: The Great Sparrow Campaign
1 tim•6 oktober 2026
Om avsnittet
On today’s episode, we consider one of history’s greatest mistakes: The 4 pests campaign of the Great Leap Forward of Communist China, and specifically at the killing of billions of sparrows, which contributed to a one of the largest and most devastating famines in human history.
What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been.
What is a counterfactual? At it’s most basic, it is a ‘what if’. It’s a way of understanding history as it is by discussing what it could have been.
Fler avsnitt
Visa alla avsnitt av The History GuyThe History Guy med Lance and Josh Geiger finns tillgänglig på flera plattformar. Informationen på denna sida kommer från offentliga podd-flöden.