From Creating History - the team behind Creating Churchill - comes a gripping second season of history discussions, this time exploring high-stakes diplomacy, backroom negotiations, and world-altering decisions.
This is Summitry.
Twelve episodes taking you behind the scenes at pivotal meetings that shaped history. When Hitler met Chamberlain. When Kennedy clashed with Khrushchev. When Bush and Blair stood shoulder to shoulder. When Trump had a shouting match with Zelenskyy. History isn’t just written - it’s negotiated.
Hosted by Russell Barnes and historian David Reynolds, Summitry takes you inside the rooms where power, pressure and politics collide. Each episode unpacks a defining diplomatic summit, revealing the human drama, strategic manoeuvring and lasting impacts of these encounters. Featuring expert analysis and rich historical context, this series pulls back the curtain on the meetings that changed the course of history.
In an era of fractured alliances and shifting global power, understanding the past has never been more urgent. Because when leaders meet, the world changes…
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Creating History is a ClearStory production. www.clearstory.co.uk