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Did America’s most divisive war start over slavery or state’s rights? James W. Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, says that too many people, including educators, get it wrong.

Il Fior di Battaglia: A Renaissance Fighting Manual

Sherman’s March to the Sea, in his own words

General Sherman’s Memoirs, vol 2, page 171.

Podcasts and Media about Military History

A Day In The Life Of A Munitions Worker

Several short videos of workers; mainly women.

Staff, Imperial War Museum 2018

A New History of King Philip’s War – Podcast

Lisa Brooks to help us re-examine and re-think what we know about King Philip’s War by introducing us to new people, new ways we can look at known historical sources, and to different ways we can think about what we know about this event with details from her book Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War.

Lisa Brooks, Ben Franklin’s World, Episode 191

A Wordly War: Battle Experiences through the Eyes of African Cultures – Video talk

This podcast examines the First World War through the lives of African soldiers and labourers. Based on historical fact, it discusses fictional poetry and letters that could have been written by Africans involved in the war. It looks at WW1 through a global perspective – the interaction of peoples from different parts of the world.

University of Oxford

After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence – Podcast

Don Glickstein, author of After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, takes us on a whirlwind and global tour of the fighting that took place after Yorktown.

Don Glickstein, Ben Franklin’s World, Episode 81

Aleut Story – Documentary Film

From World War II to contemporary Washington DC, this poignant documentary recounts the incredible story of Aleut Americans’ decades-long struggle for human and civil rights. After Japan invaded the western Aleutian islands in 1942, the U.S. government sent hundreds of Aleut Americans to abysmal and isolated internment camps in southwest Alaska. 1 hr. 24 min.

SnagFilms 2017

Berlin and Potsdam after the Apocalypse – Film

30-minute color film of Berlin and Potsdam immediately after WWII ended. Incredible devastation.

Konstantin von zur Mahlen, Vimeo Films

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Britain at Sea, New Century – Podcast

Admiral Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy during the twentieth century, when through political, social, technological and economic turmoil, the Navy’s fortunes mirrored those of Britain.

Admiral Lord West, BBC Radio 4 2014. Episode 1 of 15

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British Soldiers, American War – Podcast

Don N. Hagist, independent scholar and author of British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution, leads us on exploration of the other men who fought in the American War for Independence, the soldiers in the British Army.

Don Hagist, Ben Franklin’s World, Episode 147

Bush’s War Part 1

“On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE unfolds the full saga of the war in a two-part, definitive broadcast.
Aired: 03/24/08, 2h 25m 32s

Frontline, PBS 2008

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Bush’s War Part 2

The inside story of the war that will define a presidency — a war that no one expected, and no one planned for.
Aired: 03/25/08, 1h 56m 1s

Frontline, PBS 2008

Escaped Union Prisoners War – Video

Professor and author Lorien Foote talked about the Union soldiers who escaped from Confederate prison camps. This talk was part of the annual conference hosted by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.

Lorien Foote, C-Span 2017

Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War

The American Civil War claimed more than 620,000 American lives. It also cost American forests, landscapes, cities, and institutions. We explore the different types of ruination wrought by the Civil War with Megan Kate Nelson, author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War.

Megan Kate Nelson, Ben Franklin’s World, Episode 63

The American Civil War – Podcast

The Civil War stands as an important, watershed event in United States history. We discuss the event with Civil War historian Ari Kelman , author of Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War and the McCabe Greer Professor of History at the Pennsylvania State University.