War Animals: How 55 Birds, Dogs, and Horses Saved Thousands of Lives in World War Two
Did you know that in World War Two there were “para-dogs,” or dogs that parachuted along with paratroopers in anticipation of D-Day? Or that carrier pigeons were dropped into France in their bird cage...
7 Helmi 20191h 2min
Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, Part 5: Barack Obama
With the election of America's first African-American president in 2008, many feared that the presidency of Barack Obama would bring out the most reactionary elements in society and end his life in as...
5 Helmi 201939min
Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, Part 4: Bill Clinton
Many tried to kill Bill Clinton during his presidency, including former military officers, white supremacists, and a little-known militant named Osama bin Laden. Most famously, Frank Eugene Corder cra...
31 Tammi 201936min
Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, Part 3: Ronald Reagan
After his presidency, a deranged man broke into Ronald Reagan’s California home and attempted to strangle the former president before he was subdued by Secret Service agents. This attempt on his life ...
29 Tammi 201944min
Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, Part 2: JFK
The only president to be assassinated in the last century was John F. Kennedy. What caused this failure in the Secret Service's typical protection procedures? Was it a perfect storm of bad luck, a lap...
24 Tammi 201934min
Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts, Part 1: FDR
In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history.But most historians have overlooked or ...
22 Tammi 201945min
Understanding the Rise of Islam Through Military History
How did an initially small religious movement envelope such enormous areas of the world? That is precisely what the community of believers under Muhammed did, conquering the Persian Empire and crippli...
17 Tammi 201950min
Fugitive Slaves in America, From the Revolution to the Civil War
For decades after its founding, America was really two nations – one slave, one free. There were many reasons why this nation ultimately broke apart in the Civil War, but the fact that enslaved black ...
15 Tammi 201931min
