Key Battles of the Barbary War, Episode 6: Swashbuckling Ship Battles and 500-Mile Desert Marches Won the First Barbary War

Knights Could Still Be Found on English Battlefields in the 1640s. What Were They Doing There?

Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 5: The Destruction of the USS Philadelphia

The Jewish Confederates

Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 4: The First Barbary War (1801-05)

Was The Vietnam War Unwinnable?

Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 3: The Barbary States and Their 300-Year Reign of Mediterranean Piracy

What a Modern-Day Stonemason Can Tell Us About Hand Building 13th- Century Gothic Cathedrals and Carving Gargoyles

Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 2: The British Origins of the US Navy

The Conquest of Constantinople in 1453 Permanently Altered Siege Warfare, Middle Eastern Demographics, and Global Trade

Key Battles of the Barbary Wars, Episode 1: America Wanted to Take 1776 to the High Seas. North African Pirates Disagreed.

New Series Launches Tomorrow: Key Battles of the Barbary Wars (with James Early)

How Civil War Vets Continued Living Despite Being Double, Triple, or Even Quadruple Amputees

What’s the Difference Between a Pirate, a Privateer, and a Naval Officer? In the 1700s, Very Little

After Genghis Khan Conquered the Earth, Kublai Khan Conquered the Seas

Aesop’s Fables and Whether They Were Written By an Ugly, Enslaved “Barbarian” Who Discretely Mocked His Masters

"Thermopylae, the “300” Spartans, and the 26 Other Battles Fought There Over the Last 2,400 Years

The Last Emperor of Mexico: How a Habsburg Archduke Set Up a Kingdom in the New World in the 1860s

First-Hand Account of Hiroshima: Before, During, and After the Atomic Bomb Drop

America’s Professional Sports Grew From Farm Teams to Multi-Billion Dollar Franches Thanks to the Harlem Globetrotters Founder