Boring Administrative History; Intelligence and Communication

Boring Administrative History; Intelligence and Communication

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. Before the 1807 attack on Denmark, Napoleon gave an ultimatum to Denmark, to Talleyrand’s horror btw. The ultimatum was for Denmark to turn over their fleet. But before the deadline for the French ultimatum passed the British invaded, which obviously required months of preparation beforehand. The British, warned by intelligence, that was remarkably accurate, were able to act. The question of whether it was...

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The Ending of Corruption; Boring Administrative History

The Ending of Corruption; Boring Administrative History

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. We have a real example of a cultural change brought about by the pressures of war. The great weapon of war against corruption is accoun...

1 Huhti 47min

India, China, Japan, Vietnam and Muscat in the Napoleonic Wars

India, China, Japan, Vietnam and Muscat in the Napoleonic Wars

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. You probably know that by the middle of the 19th century, the British dominated India. The British introduced railroads and electricity...

11 Maalis 1h

Ottoman Empire; The Sick Man of Europe

Ottoman Empire; The Sick Man of Europe

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. For the Ottoman empire the French Revolution to Waterloo have a definte arc, and it isn’t pretty, and there is some coverage up to the Cr...

25 Helmi 41min

Qajari Persia; the Origins of the Great Game

Qajari Persia; the Origins of the Great Game

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. A scientific expedition, led by Jean Bruguière and Guillaume Olivier. Now they truly were scientists, but they were also diplomats secre...

11 Helmi 41min

Belgium is born; Talleyrand in History concluded

Belgium is born; Talleyrand in History concluded

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. In a great triumph for France, and Talleyrand personally, Belgium is born. This is one of history's true ironies because of how the exis...

28 Tammi 1h

Talleyrand in History Part 7; 1815-1830

Talleyrand in History Part 7; 1815-1830

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. “Talleyrand was in a black mood. All that he had achieved over the past eighteen months had been destroyed: the bloodless and amiable re...

21 Tammi 43min

1815 The Hundred Days; Talleyrand in History Part 6

1815 The Hundred Days; Talleyrand in History Part 6

You can send a text, include contact info to get a response. There is a commonplace, dismissive, reductive argument you will hear all the time. That napoleon stood no chance. Even if he had triump...

14 Tammi 47min

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