The History Book Buffs
Welcome to The History Book Buffs. For reviews and chat about history books, fact and fiction, hosted by award-winning historian Roger Moorhouse, and novelist and critic Antonia Senior.
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Recent Episodes
Aug. 6, 2025
Storm of Steel and All Quiet on the Western Front: A WW1 classics showdown
Two masterpieces. Two utterly different visions of war. In this episode, the History Book Buffs go head-to-head over Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque — the twin titans ...
July 23, 2025
The Siege: Terror and the SAS in the London Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980.
In this episode, Roger Moorhouse and Antonia Senior delve into Ben McIntyre's gripping narrative, "The Siege," which masterfully recounts the harrowing events of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London. Through meticulous re...
July 9, 2025
Which books shaped our lives? The HistoryBookBuffs take the 3 Book Challenge.
🎙️ Top Historian Roger Moorhouse & Critic Antonia Senior Take the 3 Book Challenge! 📚 In this fascinating episode of The History Book Buffs , acclaimed historian Roger Moorhouse (author of First to Fight and Devil's Alliance ...
June 26, 2025
Tanks, Blitzkriegs and Battlefields.
🔊 EPISODE DESCRIPTION: In this episode, we dive into the powerhouse new release Tank by Mark Urban , a thrilling and thought-provoking history of the most iconic weapon of the 20th century. From the muddy trenches of World Wa...
June 12, 2025
Why Did Millions Follow Hitler? Reading The Nazi Mind by Laurence Rees.
🎧 What Made Nazism So Seductively Dangerous? | Roger Moorhouse & Antonia Senior on The Nazi Mind Why did millions of ordinary people embrace Nazism? In this compelling episode, historian Roger Moorhouse joins writer and criti...
May 28, 2025
Korea. Is this the bloodiest war of the Twentieth Century?
🇰🇷 Why the Korean War Still Matters | Forgotten Battles, Cold War Flashpoints & Raw Human Stories 🎙️Military history enthusiasts—especially those fascinated by World War II, the Cold War, and the real cost of combat—won’t wan...