Hardcore History Archive

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:12 PST

Show 24 - Classical Hanson

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 00:35:37 minutes - 25.69mb

Dan discusses history with famed historian, political commentator and classicist Victor Davis Hanson.

Notes:
1.“The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece” by Victor Davis Hanson
2.“The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny” by Victor Davis Hanson
3.“Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom” by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath
4.“Hoplites” by Victor Davis Hanson
5.“Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Ideal” by Victor Davis Hanson
6.“The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization” by Victor Davis Hanson

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:14:49 PST

Show 23 - Punic Nightmares III

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 - 01:35:21 minutes - 67.78mb

In one of the great displays of resiliency in all history, the Romans refuse to buckle under murderous Carthaginian pressure. Instead they recover, defeat and destroy Carthage, and conquer most of the Mediterranean.

Notes:
1.“The Rise of the Roman Empire” by Polybius
2.“War” by Gwynne Dyer
3.“The War with Hannibal” by Livy
4.“Warfare in Antiquity” by Hans Delbruck
5.“The Fall of Carthage” by Adrian Goldsworthy
6.“Carthage” by Serge Lancel
7.“Hannibal” by Serge Lancel
8.“Roman Warfare” by Adrian Goldsworthy
9.“Hannibal: Challenging Rome's Supremacy” by Sir Gavin De Beer
10.“Rome in Africa” by Susan Raven
11.“Cannae” by Victor Davis Hanson (Appeared in Military History Quarterly magazine Vol 2, Number 4, 1990)
12.“Cannae: The Experience of Battle in the Second Punic War” by Gregory Daly
13.“The Western Way of War” by Victor Davis Hanson
14.“The Ancient Mediterranean” by Michael Grant
15.“Roman History” by Appian
16.“A History of the Ancient World” by Chester G. Starr
17.“Caesar and Christ (The Story of Civilization III)” by Will Durant
18.“Plutarch's Lives (Modern Library Classics)” by Plutarch
19.“The Complete Works of Tacitus” by Tacitus
20.“The First Punic War” by J. Lazenby
21.“The Anatomy of Error: Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists” by Barry S. Strauss and Josiah Ober
22.“Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC” by Duncan Head
23.“The Face of Battle” by John Keegan
24.“The Punic Wars: Rome, Carthage, and the Struggle for the Mediterranean” by Nigel Bagnall
25.“Are We Rome?” by Cullen Murphy
26.“Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor” by Anthony Everitt

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:15:29 PST

Show 22 - Punic Nightmares II

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 - 01:18:37 minutes - 56.65mb

Darkness, horror, war and carnage dominate Part 2 of the Punic War trilogy as Hannibal rampages across Italy and pushes Rome to the brink of doom.

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:15:29 PST

Show 21 - Punic Nightmares I

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 - 58:55 minutes - 42.43mb

Was it geopolitics or simply bitter hatred that fueled the ancient bloodbaths known as "The Punic Wars"? Dan highlights the unimaginable things people experienced during this intense face-off between Rome and Carthage.

Tue, 6 May 2008 15:15:29 PST

Show 20 - (BLITZ) History Under The Influence

Tue, 6 May 2008 - 40:48 minutes - 29.47mb

This first "Blitz Edition" of the show looks at the hidden side of history, the impact of drugs and alcohol on past events. Dan has a whole list of historical figures he wants to drug test.

Notes:
1. “Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy” by John Maxwell O'Brien.
2. “ An Unfinished life : John F. Kennedy” by Robert Dallek.
3. “Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life” by Gretchen Rubin
4. “The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy” by Rick Beyer.
5. “The Medical Casebook of Adolf Hitler: His Illnesses, Doctors, and Drugs” by Leonard L. Heston.
6. “The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Otto Guensche and Heinze Linge, Hitler's Closest Personal Aides” by Henrik Eberle.
7. “Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World” by David T. Courtwright.
8. “One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964” by Aleksandr Fursenko.
9. “Inside the Third Reich” by Albert Speer.
10. “The Secret History of Alcoholism: The Story of Famous Alcoholics and Their Destructive Behavior”by James Graham.

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:01:12 PST

Show 19 - Apache Tears

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 - 01:18:23 minutes - 56.44mb

A traumatized people who traumatized their neighbors, the Native American tribe known as Apache were among the last Indians to surrender to the U.S. Government. Dan, of course, has thoughts. This is a long show!

Notes:
1. "The People Called Apache" by Thomas E. Mails.
2. "Conquest of Apacheria" by Dan L. Thrapp.
3. "In the days of Victorio;: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache" by Eve Ball.
4. "Indeh: An Apache Odyssey" by Eve Ball, Nora Henn, and Lynda A. Sanchez.
5. "The Truth About Geronimo" by Robert Utley, Britton Davis.
6."Cochise: Chiricahua Apache Chief" by Edwin R. Sweeney.
7."Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place" by Angie Debo.
8. "Life among the Apaches" (Bison Book) by John C. Cremony.
9. "The Apache frontier: Jacob Ugarte and Spanish-Indian relations in Northern New Spain, 1769-1791" by Max L Moorhead.
10. "Apache Wars: An Illustrated Battle History" by E. Lisle Reedstrom.
11."Western Apache Raiding and Warfare" by Grenville Goodwin and Keith H. Basso.

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:49:12 PST

Show 18 - A Fly on James Burke's Wall

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 - 44:53 minutes - 46.15mb

In this episode, Dan discusses history with famed television host, author and science historian James Burke, the man the Washington Post called "one of the most intriguing minds in the Western world".

Notes:
1. "History of Assyria" by A.T. Olmstead
1. "Connections 1" by James Burke
2. "Connections 2" by James Burke
3. "Connections 3" by James Burke
4. "The Day the Universe Changed" by James Burke
5. "The Axe Makers Gift" by James Burke
6. "American Connections: The Founding Fathers. Networked." by James Burke
7. The Knowledge Web

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:02:43 PST

Show 17 - Judgment at Nineveh

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 - 01:04:02 minutes - 46.15mb

Will our modern society ever decline and fall? Dan uses that idea as a backdrop for a look at the first great empire in history, the biblical-era Assyrians. Were they ancient Nazis, or the guardians of civilization?

Notes:
1. "History of Assyria" by A.T. Olmstead
2. "Our Oriental Heritage" by Will Durant
3. "Everyday life in Babylonia and Assyria" by Henry W. F Saggs
4. "The Origins of War" by Arther Ferrill
5. "Ancient Iraq" by Georges Roux
6. "The Cutting Edge: Military History of Antiquity and Early Feudal Times" by Paul F. Gavaghan
7. "Shadows in the Desert: Ancient Persia at War" by Kaveh Farrokh
8. "The Persian Expedition" by Xenophon
9. "Ancient Assyrians" by Mark Healy

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:21:13 PST

Show 16 - Nazi Tidbits

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 - 59:15 minutes - 42.70mb

What accounts for the fascination people still have with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis? Dan looks at some of the ideas of the German National Socialists and examines the demonic, charismatic Nazi Fuhrer.

Notes:
1. "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler
2. "Inside the Third Reich" by Albert Speer
3. "The Hitler Book" by Henrik Eberle
4. "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" by William Shirer
5. "Hitler's Henchmen" by Guido Knopp
6. "Hitler's World View" by Eberhard Jäckel

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:32:47 PST

Show 15 - Desperate Times

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 - 41:57 minutes - 30.24mb

The tough economic climate after the First World War fostered the growth of radicalism around the world. Did it also create tougher people? Dan looks at the connection between tough times and the "Greatest Generation".

Notes:
1."The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon
2."Death in the Dust" by John Steinbeck
3."The Great Depression" by Robert J. Samuelson

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:32:08 PST

Show 14 - The Macedonian Soap Opera

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 - 49:23 minutes - 35.56mb

When Alexander the Great bequeathed his empire "to the strongest" he set off a funeral contest that shook the world for decades. Murder, marriage, intrigue,and drama all feature prominently in the story.

Notes:
1."Alexander to Actium" by Peter Green
2."The Hellenistic Age" by Peter Green
3."Alexander's Tomb" by Nicholas J. Saunders
4."The Life of Greece" by Will Durant
5."Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359bc-146bc" by Duncan Head
6."The Campaigns of Alexander" by Arrian
7."The Life of Alexander the Great" by Plutarch
8."Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy" by John O'Brien

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:02:13 PST

Show 13 - Bubonic Nukes

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 - 47:30 minutes - 34.20mb

What would happen if half the population died in a short period of time? Dan looks at the Black Death and other plagues that created almost apocalyptic conditions in the past...and maybe in the future.

Notes:
1."A Distant Mirror" by Barbara Tuchman
2."Plagues and Peoples" by William McNeill
3."The Age of Faith" by Will Durant
4."Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic" by Gina Kolata

Tue, 08 May 2007 15:54:21 PST

Show 12 - Steppe Stories

Tue, 08 May 2007 - 58:34 minutes - 42.20mb

Blood-sucking Scythian warriors, tattooed ice mummies, Amazons killing so they can mate, pot smoking head-hunters, scalp-taking, koumiss-drinking Mongols, Turks, Huns, and Aliens. What's not to like?

Notes:
1.“The World of the Huns” by Otto J. Maenchen-Helfen
2.“The Armies and Enemies of Ancient China 1027 B.C. - 1286 A.D.” by John P. Greer
3.“Nomads and Crusaders: A.D. 1000-1368” by Archibald R. Lewis
4.“Mongols” (Men-At-Arms Series, 105) by Stephen Turnbull
5.“The Devil's Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe” by James Chambers
6.“The World of the Scythians” by Renate Rolle
7.“The Landmark Herodotus: The Histories” by Herodotus
8.“Scythians 700-300 B.C.” (Men at Arms Series, 137) by E.V. Cernenko
9.“Rome's Enemies (3): Parthians and Sassanid Persians (Men-at-Arms) by Peter Wilcox
10.“The Sarmatians 600 BC-AD 450” (Men-at-Arms) by Richard Brzezinski
11.“The Mongols (Peoples of Europe)" by David Morgan
12.“Attila and the Nomad Hordes” by David Nicolle
13.“The Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome” by Phil Barker
14.“The Emergence of Man: The First Horsemen” by Time-Life books
15.“Barbarians of Asia: The People of the Steppes from 1600 B C”by Stuart Legg
16.“The Warriors of Eurasia” by Michael Gorelik
17.“Armies of the Ancient Near East” by Ian Heath
18.“Armies of the Middle Ages, Volumes 1 and 2” by Ian Heath
19.“Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC” by Duncan Head
20.“Armies of the Dark Ages” by Ian Heath
21.“Armies and enemies of the Crusades, 1096-1291” by Ian Heath
22.“The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China, including The Art of War” by Ralph D. Sawyer and Mei-Chun Sawyer

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:12:43 PST

Show 11 - Thoughts on Churchill

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 - 53:45 minutes - 38.71mb

We almost called this show "Things about Churchill that have interested Dan". Dan takes a look at various elements of the dramatic life and career of the great British leader.

Notes:
1."Forty ways to look at Winston Churchill" by Gretchen Rubin.

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:05:21 PST

Show 10 - The What-Ifs Of 1066

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 - 47:31 minutes - 34.22mb

How might history have been changed if the events of the momentous year 1066 had turned out differently? Dan examines Normans, Vikings, Saxons, Bastards, Conquerers, Confessors, Godwinsons and Hardratas.

Notes:
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