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The History Hour

The History Hour

Conflict timber in Liberia's civil war

50 min•14 september 2019

Om avsnittet

How the timber industry fuelled a brutal civil war in West Africa, the Honduran coup that left the president holed up in an embassy plus the Indian affirmative action controversy, the first ever voyage all the way around the globe 500 years ago and the sit-com "Friends" hits TV screens worldwide.

(Photo: Timber near Buchanan in Liberia in 2010. Credit: Getty Images)

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E.T. the Extra Terrestrial and the creator of Star Wars toys

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Taiwan's White Terror and the making of City of God

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The first Comic Con and making Oasis’ Wonderwall

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