2025-10-13
31 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared, where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
In a world where geopolitical alliances are fraying and tensions are rising,
What can the fragile coalition that defeated Hitler teach us about the challenges facing the West today?
Today's episode is part one of our recent live event, Can the West Hold Together,
with historian Tim Buvery, an editor of the spectator, Michael Gove.
Live in London in September, Bouverie drew on his new book,
Allies at War, the politics of defeating Hitler.
To explore how Roosevelt,
Churchill and Stalin overcame deep ideological differences and strategic rivalries to form a fragile but ultimately victorious alliance against Nazi Germany.
With Donald Trump threatening to abandon NATO,
Vladimir Putin intent on exploiting Western fissures and democratic nations questioning their own cohesion.
The lessons of World War II's Grand Alliance have never felt more relevant.
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Now, let's join our host, Michael Gove, with more.
Tim's book Allies at War is the second in what's envisaged as a trilogy Outlining the key events of the 20th century
as they affected these islands and the world Tim's first book appeasing Hitler was a Sunday Times bestseller and it reflected not just a deep immersion in the history of the 20th century but also Tim's own background
because before he was a historian he was also a journalist covering events here in Westminster and globally for Channel 4 news and for others.