Empire, Republic and Shadow Wars
Shawn Warswick
Empire, Republic & Shadow Wars connects the battles you know to the battles you’re not supposed to notice. I’m Shawn—teacher and historian (B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. coursework in U.S. military history & empire). You’ll still get cinematic arcs on the Pacific War and Vietnam—and we’ll dive into the shadow wars: the war on terror, the war on drugs, covert finance, BCCI, and alleged/Documented intersections of intelligence services and the drug trade. We follow the paper trails, declassified files, and institutional incentives that move power.
Episodes
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Apr 10, 2018 • 20min
2.8 Andrew Jackson’s Second Term and Legacy
Send us Fan MailToday we discuss Andrew Jackson’s second term and his legacy. Was he a good president? Was he bad? Listen to the episode to find out. Support the show
Mar 26, 2018 • 29min
2.7 Jackson’s First Term (or Jackson II)
Send us Fan MailAndrew Jackson’s first term. We discuss the kitchen cabinet, the Eaton affair and the Nullification Crisis. Support the show
Mar 18, 2018 • 24min
2.6 Andrew Jackson 1
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we introduce one of the most controversial of all American presidents, Andrew Jackson. We look at his life, his exploits as a general, and the election of 1824. Support the show
Mar 15, 2018 • 15min
2.5 The New Democracy
Send us Fan MailA brief episode looking at the rise of the so-called “New Democracy” of the early 19th century. Support the show
Mar 14, 2018 • 36min
2.4 The American Empire
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we discuss the ideological roots of the American empire as well as a couple of examples of American imperialism which took place in the early 19th century. Support the show
Mar 13, 2018 • 12min
2.3 The Missouri Compromise
Send us Fan MailA short crash course episode covering the Missouri Compromise. Support the show
Mar 13, 2018 • 15min
2.1 Jefferson’s Legacy, Madison, and the War of 1812
Send us Fan MailIn this episode we cover the legacy of Jefferson and Madison as well as the War of 1812. Support the show
Mar 12, 2018 • 22min
2.2 The Era of Good Feelings
Send us Fan MailA Short look at the “Era of Good Feelings” with a focus on Henry Clay’s “American System” and the Panic of 1819. Support the show
Mar 11, 2018 • 9min
Season 2 Introduction
Send us Fan MailOverview of season two, in which our topic is the war between the United States and Mexico. Support the show
Dec 5, 2017 • 41min
Bonus Episode, The Vietnam War, the American Empire and the Cold War
Send us Fan MailHello, and welcome to the American history podcast episode 8: Bonus Episode, The Vietnam War. First, let me apologize for having been gone for about two months. If you are a regular listener at this time (it is 2017) you know I’ve not released an episode since early October. There are two major reasons for my absence. First, I changed schools and, indeed, moved to a school in an entirely different school district. This change was a long time in coming. I’d been unhappy with the leadership at my previous school for at least a year. While a year isn’t all that long, the amount of change was just too much, and I felt it was time to get out. Lucky for me, I have friends in other districts all over the city and a couple of them really helped me out.The second reason I’ve been gone for two months is that my oldest dog, Chuck, passed away in early November after a 10-day illness. He was 13.5 and the light of our lives. I had planned on recording an episode on October 31st and releasing it the next day, but that was when Chuck was ill so I was unable to do so. He then passed away on November 7 and I was a mess, so recording was out of the question. So hopefully we can now get back on track. On with the show! Support the show
