Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.

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Gooned - https://www.goonedpodcast.com/

Texas Twiggy - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/texas-twiggy/id1587025076

Gordon - Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers

Le Gendre - Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre

Davidson - The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900

Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Meinheit - The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition

NHHC - H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867

NYT - European Intelligence...

NYT - The American Fleet in Chinese Waters -- Avenging National Insults

NYT - THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces

NYT - American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition

NYT - China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful...

Wong - Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa

Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.

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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…

CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan

Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds

Convention of Kanagawa

Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853

Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer

Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book

Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”

Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…

Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…

Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China

Trevor's brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.

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Arnold - Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations...

CIRA-Nippon - Bakunin's Stop-over in Japan

Cullen - A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds

Convention of Kanagawa

Department of the Navy - Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853

Griffis - Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer

Haythornhwaite - The Colonial Wars Source Book

Herbert - Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion

Horii - The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with "Religion"

Keith - Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition's Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854

Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883

Perry - Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan...

Satow - A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan...

Tolley - Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China

Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts talk about the United States’ weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.

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Lorton – Falkland Wars – The History of the Falkland Islands

Barnard – A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…

Cawkwell – The History of the Falkland Islands

Dickens – The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina

Drexler – Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History

Falklands.info – A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3

Fitzroy – Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle

Holt – Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798

Maisch – The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…

Silbey – The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829…

Tatham – The Dictionary of Falklands Biography

USS Duncan – Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident

Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts to talk about the United States' weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.

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Lorton - Falkland Wars - The History of the Falkland Islands

Barnard - A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…

Cawkwell - The History of the Falkland Islands

Dickens - The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina

Drexler - Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History

Falklands.info - A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3

Fitzroy - Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle

Holt - Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798

Maisch - The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…

Silbey - The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829...

Tatham - The Dictionary of Falklands Biography

USS Duncan - Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident

Trevor is joined by Bry Jensen of Pontifacts (@pontifactspod) to discuss the worst American military defeat in Africa of the last 30 years, The Tongo Tongo Ambush, and the rampant mismanagement that made it possible.

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Mark - Inside The Botched Raid That Left Four US Soldiers Dead In Niger

Penney - Drones in the Sahara

Turse - Pentagon Misled Congress About U.S. Bases in Africa

Turse - U.S. Secret Wars In Africa Rage On…

Turse - The U.S. Is Building A Drone Base In Niger…

Turse - Less Than A Mile From Drone Base…

Savage, Schmitt, and Gibbsons-Neff - U.S. Kept Silent About Its Role in Another Firefight…

ABC - US intelligence officials examining video of Nigerien militant group

BBC - Troops put down Niger mutiny

BBC - Military coup ousts Niger president Mamadou Tandja

BBC - Deadly US decisions before Niger ambush

CBS - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff discloses details about Niger ambush

Chason and Birnbaum - US struggles for influence in West Africa as military juntas rise

Cole - Russia's New Military Alliance Encroaching on US Sphere of Influence

Coon - Rifle fire strikes U.S. C-130 during airdrop over Mali

DoD Press Briefing on the results of the Investigation into the October 4, 2017, Ambush in Niger

Everstine - Inspector General Blasts USAF…

Fuglestad - A History of Niger 1850-1960

GlobalSecurity - Operation Enduring Freedom-Trans Sahara (OEF-TS) Operation Juniper Shield

IRIN - NIGER: State of alert threatens independent media - RSF

Reuters - Factbox: Who is Niger's Mamadou Tandja?

CW: Military combat, death, IS propaganda music Sgt. Johnson Helmet Cam Footage

Trevor is joined by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster (@foster_writing) of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) podcasts to discuss the post war occupation of Trieste and how tensions with Yugoslavia almost started World War III less than a year after World War II.

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Goldstein - Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947

Jenning - Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War

Allock - Border and Territorial Disputes

Rogers Churchill and Slany - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Eastern Europe...

Winston Churchill - "Iron Curtain" Speech

Dinardo - Glimpse of an Old World Order? Reconsidering the Trieste Crisis of 1945

Morrison - Eastern Europe and the West

NYT - Attack on U.S. Airplane; Patterson says shooting down of Americans was 'Wicked' and...

NYT - Text of 2 U.s. Notes Answer Yugoslavia; His Plane Downed

The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 23 August 1946

Trevor is joined by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster (@foster_writing) of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) podcasts to discuss the post war occupation of Trieste and how tensions with Yugoslavia almost started World War III less than a year after World War II.

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Goldstein - Trieste, October 1945 to January 1947

Jenning - Flashpoint Trieste: The First Battle of the Cold War

Allock - Border and Territorial Disputes

Rogers Churchill and Slany - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, Eastern Europe...

Winston Churchill - "Iron Curtain" Speech

Dinardo - Glimpse of an Old World Order? Reconsidering the Trieste Crisis of 1945

Morrison - Eastern Europe and the West

NYT - Attack on U.S. Airplane; Patterson says shooting down of Americans was 'Wicked' and...

NYT - Text of 2 U.s. Notes Answer Yugoslavia; His Plane Downed

The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 23 August 1946