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Is certainly in question. But in any event, they were a bit of an embarrassment for the royal navy, and the commander, the north american station, sir admiral john warren was conducting a pretty lackluster campaign. There was some thought he needed the boost of a subordinate who could be a bit more aggressive. There was a British Naval historian who was actually detained in philadelphia when war broke out. And he would later write, his name was william james, and he would later write, until cockburns arrival in the chesapeake, people in this region would, quote, scarcely have known except by h...

200 years ago on august 24th, 1814, British Forces burned the capitol building, president s house, and most federal buildings. Next, author of through the perilous fight uses the boat to take us on a river tour of the burning of washington. This program is about 90 minutes. Ive had a boat on the potamic, oh, about 30 years. Its a great way to see the city. It looks really like a different city as seen from the water. Lots of people think of the potamic as an obstacle to cross on the way to d. C. , like a commuter obstacle, but its the reason that the city is where it is, and its one of the mos...

Eshelman for the National Historic trail. Now, from day two of the symposium on the british burning of washington, d. C. , during the war of 1812. Hosted by the White House Historical society, the u. S. Capitol Historical Society, and James Madisons mount pillier. Donald hickey talks about his book of the war of 1812 a forgotten conflict. This is about 45 minutes. Donald hickey is a professor of history at wans State College in nebraska. He was called the dean of 1812 scholarship by the new yorker, hes written seven books on the conflict. Most notably, the war of 1812, a forgotten conflict, av...

Extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990s when he was head of the entry special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time ouster of longtime dictator. We will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former generals role in mass killings of civilians. Then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. The United States in many ways was really the first up state. Africa, the south Founding Fathers of ...

Extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990s when he was head of the entry special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time ouster of longtime dictator. We will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former generals role in mass killings of civilians. Then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. The United States in many ways was really the first up state. Africa, the south Founding Fathers of ...