Hanging with History
The first season focuses on the origins of the Industrial Revolution or the Great Enrichment, we go deep into history to gain enough background knowledge to actually understand the various theories of the origins of the Great Enrichment. Eventually we learn that we also need to know how the miracle was consolidated, as the many other close approaches to the Industrial Revolution failed.A kwirky style, but intellectually ambitious with the goal of understanding history well enough to understand the miracle that happened that one time. It's gonna be a long series.
Hanging with History
1812 1813; War of 1812 Part 1
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Harald Hansen
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Season 1
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Episode 188
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The war starts with America terribly unprepared. British efforts to make peace suffer from a lack of focus; Casltereagh is just not applying much brainpower and effort to the American sitution.
Almost no navy. A tiny regular army like 11,000 men, terribly officered. No real tax funding for the government to speak of. Deliberately, they have avoided preparing for war, preferring to pay off the national debt, and are almost entirely unprepared. And nevertheless totally confident that they can sleepwalk to victory in Canada.
1812 turns out to defy all expectations, but 1813 sees a turnaround with more American success on land and less at sea.