The EI Podcast

The EI Podcast brings you weekly conversations and audio essays from leading writers, thinkers and historians. Hosted by Alastair Benn and Paul Lay. Find the EI Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or search The EI Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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An American soldier passes the ruins of a temple in Hue, Vietnam, 1968. Credit: Bettmann Archive / Getty Images.

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Chinese president Jiang Zemin opens trading on the New York Stock Exchange, October 1993. Credit: Timothy A. Clary / AFP via Getty Images.
Robert Maxwell, left, celebrating the first edition of 'The European' in 1990 with Maurice Levy of Publicis. Credit: Michel Turpin / Sygma via Getty Images.
The GCHQ building in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Credit: David Goddard / Getty Images.
German soldiers march through France early in the war. Credit: Popperfoto via Getty Images.
Russian President Vladimir Putin with military intelligence officials at the GRU building, 2006. Credit: Dmitry Astakohv/AFP via Getty Images.
John F. Kennedy sitting in his signature rocking chair in the Oval Office. Creidt: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images.