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 Apr 47min
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 t...
25 Mars 25min
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 Feb 41min
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 Feb 41min
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 Jan 1h
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 Jan 43min
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 Jan 47min
