014: Shinmiyangyo the ExtraForgotten Korean War Part 2

The Sujagi of Eo Jae-yeon, captured and taken aboard the USS Colorado in 1871

Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
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Duvernay – Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

013: Shinmiyangyo the Extra-Forgotten Korean War Part I

The Tomb of Namyeongun raided by Ernst Oppert and Stanislas Ferron via Wikimedia

Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
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Duvernay – Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…

Chung – General’s Flag Returns Home From US

Eckert, et al. – Korea Old and New: A History

GlobalSecurity – SS General Sherman Incident

Hamilton – Korea, (224-225)

Howe – The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition

Hwang – American campaigns for flag’s return

IRFA – Stanislas Féron

Neff – The tiger hunters

Oppert – A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea

Shields – US’ 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island

Tyson – Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871

US Army – Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations

12: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 2

The American attack on the Pearl River Barrier Forts, lithograph by John Henry Buford

Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.
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Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control

11: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 1

The granary on Taiwan where the Nerbudda Incident prisoners were held until the execution.

Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.
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The History of Saqartvelo Georgia https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysaqartvelogeorgia
Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/
Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control

010: Invading Taiwan – The Formosa Expedition

Attack of United States Marines and Sailors on the Pirates of the Island of Formosa, East Indies
Sketch of US Marines engaging the Paiwan from Harper’s Weekly, 1867

Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.
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Gordon – Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers
Le Gendre – Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre
Davidson – The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Meinheit – The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition
NHHC – H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867
NYT – European Intelligence…
NYT – The American Fleet in Chinese Waters — Avenging National Insults
NYT – THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces
NYT – American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition
NYT – China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful…
Wong – Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa

009: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 2

The USS Wyoming sinking the Choshu’s Lancefield, engraving 1865
Then Captain David MacDougal, c.1864-71

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

Creation by Gore Vidal – Swords Sorcery & Socialism Crossover Part 2

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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008: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 1

Japanese Print depicting Matthew Perry’s Expedition, 1854

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

Creation by Gore Vidal – Swords Sorcery & Socialism Crossover Part 1

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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Interview 01: Dr. Michael Bonner

Sassanid plate with a hunting scene from the tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh

This time I have something a little different. In place of a regular narrative episode this week, I have my recent interview with Dr. Michael Bonner, author of the new book: The Last Empire of Iran. This jumps far ahead of our current point in the narrative story, all the way to the Sassanid Persian Empire of the 4th-8th centuries CE.

Dr. Bonner and I discussed the origins, sources, conflicts, and fall of Iran’s last pre-Islamic dynasty.
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