Im Namen der Flagge

An entertaining lesson in world politics and world history. They flutter before the UN, in parliaments, palaces, and in American front yards – and they are used to justify atrocities. Tim Marshall explains the flags of the world, those of great powers, transnational organizations, as well as those meant to spread hate and terror. As an expert in foreign policy, he elucidates the history and impact of these flags and narrates world politics and world history through these symbols. Curiosities are also included: for example, the ceremony for the burial of the Stars and Stripes when the colorful piece of cloth is tattered and no longer worthy of representing the USA.