#209 – Taiwan Part 2
Part two of our recent chat with James Shone about Taiwan. Don’t forget to check out his new podcast about the history of Taiwan. data-episode-id="962099" data-theme="light" data-height="190" data-enable-volume="true">There something secret here that only...
#207 – Taiwan Part 1
In 1949, the Kuomintang retreated from mainland China to the island of Formosa, now known as Taiwan. Ownership of Taiwan would become a major issue during the Cold War, and continues to be a cause of regional tensions, as well as China-US tensions, today. Joining us...
#206 – The Battle of Lake Changjin
The backdrop to the early stages of the Korean War was a US Presidential election which Truman was expected to lose. He also survived his second assassination attempt, this time by Puerto Rican nationalists. The first assassination attempt was by Zionist terrorists....
#205 – MacArthur’s Graveyard
Okay – no more foreplay. By early November 1950, Macarthur thought he had the Chinese scared and on the run and he continued his push to the Manchurian border, aka “the Home-by-Christmas Offensive”, assuring his troops they would all be home by Christmas. Little...
Happy birthday to my brother from another mother, my 4th wife, my man crush, my longest suffering business partner, and the guy who makes me laugh the mostest, seen here contemplating his life choices and weighing up whether or not he should jump, sitting on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.
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