Trevor and Aurora from Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism found the perfect crossover episode with Creation by Gore Vidal: a historical fiction novel set in the 5th Century BCE that follows a fictional descendant of Zoroaster on his worldwide journey to understand the mysteries of the universe.
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Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.
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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…
CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan
Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds
Convention of Kanagawa
Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”
Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…
Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Trevor and Aurora from Swords, Sorcery, and Socialism found the perfect crossover episode with Creation by Gore Vidal: a historical fiction novel set in the 5th Century BCE that follows a fictional descendant of Zoroaster on his worldwide journey to understand the mysteries of the universe.
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This is audio from the live event with Sariel and Umberto from So You Think You Can Rule Persia last year. I wrote a wildly over complicated Choose Your Own Adventure script about alternate histories if Cyrus the Younger defeated Artaxerxes II.
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Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts talk about the United States’ weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.
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Lorton – Falkland Wars – The History of the Falkland Islands
Barnard – A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…
Cawkwell – The History of the Falkland Islands
Dickens – The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina
Drexler – Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History
Falklands.info – A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3
Fitzroy – Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Holt – Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798
Maisch – The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…
Silbey – The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829…
Tatham – The Dictionary of Falklands Biography
USS Duncan – Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident
Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts talk about the United States’ weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.
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Lorton – Falkland Wars – The History of the Falkland Islands
Barnard – A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…
Cawkwell – The History of the Falkland Islands
Dickens – The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina
Drexler – Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History
Falklands.info – A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3
Fitzroy – Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Holt – Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798
Maisch – The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…
Silbey – The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829…
Tatham – The Dictionary of Falklands Biography
USS Duncan – Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident
You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself.
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History of the Celts
r/AskHistorians post about supply lines
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Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic
The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols
Ctesias’ History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson
You, the listeners of this very podcast, are phenomenal, thoughtful, inquisitive people. So I have done my very best to answer your many, many questions about the Achaemenid Persian Empire, Alexander the Great, and myself.
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History of the Celts
r/AskHistorians post about supply lines
Patreon RSS feed instructions
Persian Music by ItShowTimeMusic
The Complete Fragments of Ctesias of Cnidus by Andrew Nichols
Ctesias’ History of Persia: Tales of the Orient by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones and James Robson
Trevor is joined by Bry Jensen of Pontifacts (@pontifactspod) to discuss the worst American military defeat in Africa of the last 30 years, The Tongo Tongo Ambush, and the rampant mismanagement that made it possible.
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Mark – Inside The Botched Raid That Left Four US Soldiers Dead In Niger
Penney – Drones in the Sahara
Turse – Pentagon Misled Congress About U.S. Bases in Africa
Turse – U.S. Secret Wars In Africa Rage On…
Turse – The U.S. Is Building A Drone Base In Niger…
Turse – Less Than A Mile From Drone Base…
Savage, Schmitt, and Gibbsons-Neff – U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight…
ABC – US intelligence officials examining video of Nigerien militant group
BBC – Troops put down Niger mutiny
BBC – Military coup ousts Niger president Mamadou Tandja
BBC – Deadly US decisions before Niger ambush
CBS – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discloses details about Niger ambush
Chason and Birnbaum – US struggles for influence in West Africa as military juntas rise
Cole – Russia’s New Military Alliance Encroaching on US Sphere of Influence
Coon – Rifle fire strikes U.S. C-130 during airdrop over Mali
DoD Press Briefing on the results of the Investigation into the October 4, 2017, Ambush in Niger
Everstine – Inspector General Blasts USAF…
Fuglestad – A History of Niger 1850-1960
GlobalSecurity – Operation Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara (OEF-TS) Operation Juniper Shield
IRIN – NIGER: State of alert threatens independent media – RSF
Reuters – Factbox: Who is Niger’s Mamadou Tandja?
CW: Military combat, death, IS propaganda music Sgt. Johnson Helmet Cam Footage
A new Hellenistic Age is dawning in the History of Persia, and with it come new Hellenistic gods and beliefs. Everyone is at least vaguely familiar with Greek mythology, but before we go any further, we should all be on the same page.
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