It's the first episode! A brief overview of my thoughts about the film industry and how it depicts / effects history. There's good and bad. ------------------------------------------------------------ IMDb Argo article: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/trivia?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf Wikipedia listing of all Oscars for best picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Why is Hollywood so fond of historical movies? Find the why history matters not only in movies, but for everything and why I'm going to continue this show. ------------------------------------------------------------ Those who misquote Santayana are condemned to paraphrase him http://www.nowpublic.com/those-who-misquote-george-santayana-are-condemned-paraphrase-him ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Does the Wonderful Wizard of Oz contain a political agenda? Written in 1900, it was surrounded by arguments about populism and bimetalism. Could it have been affected or even allegorical to the history it was surrounded by? Find out. ------------------------------------------------------------ A deeper explanation of the theory: http://www.conservapedia.com/The_Wizard_of_Oz Henry Littlefield's article: http://www.amphigory.com/oz.htm An argument against the theory: http://facstaff.uww.edu/kashianr/wizardofoz02.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
This is a list and discription of the five worst bombings in US history. 5 - Haymarket Square, Chicago, IL - 4may1886 - 11 dead 4 - LA Times Building - Los Angeles, CA - 1oct1910 - 21 dead 3 - 23 Wall Street, New York, NY - 16sep1920 2 - Bath Schoolhouse, Bath, MI - 8may1927 1 - Federal Building, Oklahoma City - 16apr1995 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The Supreme Court is the one place where the constitution is officially interpreted for the US government. With all this talk about the 2nd amendment and gun control, perhaps we need to take a closer look at the Court's stance on the amendment. ------------------------------------------------------------ Links to the official opinions for the Court's decisions: United States v. Cruikshank (1875): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/92/542/case.html Presser v. Illinois (1886): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/116/252/case.html United States v. Miller (1939): https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/307/174/case.html DC v Heller (2008): http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-290.pdf McDonald v Chicago (2010): http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Here is a short description of how gun control works in the US. This is not an opinion piece, but simply what actual regulation exists, listed in order of enactment. In order to possess a proper opinion on gun control, one ought to already know what exists. ------------------------------------------------------------ ATF Gun Regulations Guide http://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5300-4.pdf National Firearms Act (1934) http://www.keepandbeararms.com/laws/nfa34.htm Gun Control Act (1968) http://www.keepandbeararms.com/laws/gca68.htm Firearm Owners Protection Act (1986) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/921 Gun Free School Zone Act (1990) http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/climate/files/climate_gunfreeschoolzonesact.pdf Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922 Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban (1997) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Did you know that there is some controversy over Memorial Day? I break it down into a quick explanation of how and why it is controversial. The confederacy didn't like it at first and started a mini-rebellion by making their own day. Later the VFW decided it was demeaning of veterans. How could this be? Watch and find out. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: A quick history on memorial day and the VFW's complaint: http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html Wikipedia's listing on Confederate Memorial Day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Did you know that US has been in a war with France? In just over 4 minutes, I explain the first international war of the USA. It is the foundation of our navy, the cause of John Adams' defeat in 1800, and the Louisiana Purchase. Few know of this little war, but its impact is tremendous and sweeping. ------------------------------------------------------------ A good documentary made by the US Navy on this subject in 1953: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fr3OIYt9JQ&list=PL4938CAE3D100B88A&index=1 Some good books that include history on the war: Alan Axelrod, "America's Wars." (NY, 2002) COL Raymond Dupey & MGG William Baumer, "The Little Wars of the US." (NY, 1969) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Between 1911-1920, the US was in a series of conflicts with Mexico. This is how it went down in less than 7 minutes. I've been gone for awhile, so please leave a comment on what you think and where I should go with this. Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been demonetized, pending review. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The US founding fathers based a great deal of the declaration and constitution on philosophy. This is a brief explanation of that ideology. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links Hobbes - Leviathan http://books.google.com/books?id=2oc6AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=hobbes+leviathan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6vJCUvKYI8OJqwHuyoDIDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Locke - Two Treatises on Government http://books.google.com/books?id=K5UIAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=locke+two+treatises+of+government&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RPNCUoz2KciNrgHEi4DwCg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Montesquieu - The Spirit of the Laws - vol 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=LW8GAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=montesquieu+spirit+of+the+laws&hl=en&sa=X&ei=evJCUuOwD8rSqgGLzYGgAg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Montesquieu - The Spirit of the Laws - vol 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=rYBKAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=montesquieu+spirit+of+the+laws&hl=en&sa=X&ei=evJCUuOwD8rSqgGLzYGgAg&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #philosophy #constitution #Locke #history #DeclarationOfIndependence #ideology
Here I try to explain what happened to the equal rights amendment, and the advantages and disadvantages of its possible ratification. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #feminism #ERA
The US has a strange practice of shutting down its own government as part of political debate. This has been recently happening, so here is a history of what it has been in the past. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Boston Globe article on the subject: http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/09/30/history-government-shutdowns/JCbyamnf0ifg6DSCpEsTkK/story.html wikipedia article on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_shutdown_in_the_United_States a reason magazine article: http://reason.com/archives/2013/10/01/govt-shutdown-may-not-be-that-politicall a really useful history lesson on the subject: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/government-shutdown-history-lesson/nbCWq/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
This is a brief history of paintball, from its early beginnings to its debut as a modern sport. Few games have seen as quick an adoption, but paintball had its growing pains. Featuring MIB Deadpool to introduce the video. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: an extremely detailed timeline of paintball history: http://www.ody.ca/~cwells/history.htm a short listing of all the early tippmann markers: http://www.vintagerex.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?action=viewdb&man=Tippmann MIB_Deadpool's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MaverickMSzero My video on gun legislation in America: http://youtu.be/N2M0JGoUo8s ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #paintball
Many people ask Mark, who his favorite president is, and they get a fairly unexpected answer. James K Polk is a fairly forgotten president, but showed everything a president ought to be inspired to be. He fulfilled his campaign promises and then some. This episode features a guest star - Mark Hall-Patton. He is the manager of several Museums and the most prominent of the Pawn Stars recurring experts. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Clark County Heritage Museum http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/depts/parks/pages/clark-county-museum.aspx Clark County Heritage Museum facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Clark-County-Museum/191405110417 Howard W Cannon Aviation Museum http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/depts/parks/pages/cannon-aviation-museum.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #Polk #USA #PresidentPolk #JamesKPolk #BeardOfKnowledge
In the year 1900, the US invaded China, along with several other countries. This incident was more than a simple imperialistic attack, it was an intervention. ------------------------------------------------------------ Some good books that include history on the war: Axelrod, Alan. America’s Wars. New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Dupey, Raymond and William Baumer. The Little Wars of the US: A Compact History from 1798 to 1920. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1969. https://amzn.to/2MmmPOs ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #china #USA #BoxerRebellion
In eight minutes, I try to explain the basics of cynical philosophy. The cynics are an interesting bunch, and none more than Diogenes himself. He is the primary example of cynicism. Their dogged devotion to their cause inspired the name of this channel. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Diogenes Laertius - The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers http://books.google.com/books?id=JkYzAAAAYAAJ&dq=diogenes%20laertius&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Plutarch - Morals http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23639 Julian the Apostate - orations #6 & 7 http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=2012:6th-_vi_-oration-of-julian_to-the-uneducated-cynics http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=2012:7th-_vii_-oration-of-julian_to-the-cynic-heracleios ------------------------------------------------------------ a good book on cynicism is William Desmond, Cynics (Berkeley: University of California press, 2008). https://amzn.to/2P09gCS ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #philosophy #cynics #history #cynicism #cynical #cynic
Veterans Day was once known as Armistice Day. The difference between the two celebrations is fairly significant, and ought to be well known. We celebrate a safe subject but it used to be one of exceeding high minded and laudable ideal. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
America really has been at war with Russia. Not in the Cold War sense, but a real shooting war with Allied troops invading the motherland. Don't believe it? Just watch and find out. This war changed everything for US-Soviet relations and is a very real corollary to the Cold War. From 1918-1920, America, Britain, France, Japan, and others came together to intervene in the Russian Civil War. It was caused by the October Revolution and the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Despite having the ability to destroy fledgling communism, the allies failed in every regard, losing sight of their mission along the way. This is their story. For those who know about the intervention and are wondering why I don't mention the Czech Legion: I was trying to keep this short. They were significant in the very beginning (though normally overstated), but by the time the Allies arrived in Siberia, they had the situation fairly well handled. So in other words, they are not entirely necessary to account for. ------------------------------------------------------------ The soldier quote: Reed, Ernest and Gordon Smith. “Russian and Siberian Interventions.” New York Times: Current History 32, no 1 (Apr 1930): 59-69. Both the other quotes I read: Halliday, E.M. The Ignorant Armies. New York: Bantam, 1958. https://amzn.to/2OzcWuD - also, if you can find it, this is by far the most fun book to read The best academic work on the subject: Kennan, George F. The Decision to Intervene: Soviet American Relations, 1917-1920, Volume II. Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 1956. https://amzn.to/2vGXzZO The general historiography: Alston, Charlotte. “British Journalism and the Campaign for Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918-20.” Revolutionary Russia 20, iss. 1 (May 2007): 35-49. Carley, Michael. “The Origins of the French Intervention in the Russian Civil War, January-May 1918: A Reappraisal.” The Journal of Modern History 48, no. 3
Hollywood is coming out a movie version of this classic tale, so here is a very brief telling of the actual story and its historical implications. ------------------------------------------------------------ external links: Tales of Old Japan, by AB Freeman-Mitford https://ia700301.us.archive.org/1/items/talesofoldjapan13015gut/13015-h/13015-h.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Many words in English have interesting origins. Salary is one of them. It is not exactly what you would think. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUqiSMRMv6EWNaOEGtif8cg ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #salt #SPQR #salary #Rome #etymology
Here is another Engaging Etymology episode. This time - tycoon. It has an interesting story of isolationist Japan, shoguns, and Commodore Perry and his black ships opening the way to international trade. All that history in one little word. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUqiSMRMv6EWNaOEGtif8cg ------------------------------------------------------------ sources: online etymology of tycoon: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=tycoon https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=tycoon%20etymology Wikipedia links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Ships http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shogun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima_(Japanese_matchlock) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #japan #sakoku #tycoon #shogun #isolationism #etymology
Take a dive into history and learn how to make a delicious cocktail. The sazerac is sure to impress any bartender friend. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Memorial Day history: https://youtu.be/uEdS_aa4wi8 Veterans Day and its predecessor - history and meaning: https://youtu.be/Y2lOFYBBkFI ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Sometime the first to comment is not the first comment on the YouTube video. Actually calling first on most things is harder than it may appear. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Cell phone video: https://youtu.be/SwN9RzuQfBA Previous video: https://youtu.be/dIl6JUfOBpU ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
This is now going to be a series of videos checking historical movies against the real deal. The name of the game is historical accuracy, and this time it's the Imitation Game (2014). Considering its first frame states "based on a true story," I think its time to show how false that claim truly is. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Superlatives in History - who's first? https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A Where does the word cipher come from? https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ sources: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/imitation-game/ Joan Clarke interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=97&v=MB2e9R7bXCk http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/03/the_imitation_game_fact_vs_fiction_how_true_the_new_movie_is_to_alan_turing.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/dec/19/poor-imitation-alan-turing/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/imitation-game-fact-checking_n_6436712.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (which was previously adapted as the stage play and BBC drama Breaking the Code). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as real-life British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence codes for the British government during the Second World War. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong also star. The film's screenplay topped the annual Black List for bes
Here is another episode of a cocktail that made history. This time the manhattan! This episode focuses primarily on the changeover from rye to bourbon whiskey in the USA during prohibition. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous video: https://youtu.be/oHEUL2DBGac previous "cocktails that made history" - the Sazerac: https://youtu.be/dIl6JUfOBpU ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Ever heard the saying "History is written by the victors?" It's something that is repeated a lot, but did you ever think about whether it was true? Let's examine the myth to see this is even a useful phrase. Let's take a brief tour of the losing side of history. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: last video: https://youtu.be/bdbUzcUiHC8 related video: https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Thucydides. Peloponnesian War. Athens, 400 BC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #historiography #Thucydides
The popular Android OS has become integrated into our lives. Let's take a look back to see how it developed and became so enmeshed in everything we do. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous video: https://youtu.be/FSyCn93CgM8 related video: https://youtu.be/SwN9RzuQfBA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #android #AndroidOS
After having shown some bad movies that were "based on a true story," let's look at the good ones in terms of historical accuracy. There's only a few and I'll tell you why, and maybe we can all learn well enough to make Hollywood figure out that they should do this more often. note: my feelings have changed on this, and I have many more good films to add to this list. Here is a playlist of my videos on good history films: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVanQ0TEpWocHPIvP-qaui0 ------------------------------------------------------------ The list goes: Patton (1970) The Message (1977) Black Hawk Down (2001) Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) Apollo 13 (1995) The Lost Battalion (2001) Honorable Mentions: Flags of our Fathers (2006) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) The Glenn Miller Story (1954) We Were Soldiers (2002) ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Previous: https://youtu.be/B8oGewki0bE Related: https://youtu.be/oHEUL2DBGac ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #movies #Patton #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Ever wonder why the world of Game of Thrones seems so much like medieval times. Let's take a cursory look at how Game of Thrones lore is similar to our actual history. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI related: https://youtu.be/2u7xQtRKTfE ------------------------------------------------------------ references: interactive map: http://quartermaester.info/ wiki of GoT lore: http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Main_Page ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. It is filmed at Titanic Studios in Belfast, on location in the United Kingdom, and in Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its sixth season ended on June 26, 2016. The series was renewed for a seventh season,[1] which is scheduled to premiere on July 16, 2017,[2] and will conclude with its eighth season in 2018.[3] Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has several plot lines and a large ensemble cast. The first story arc follows a dynastic conflict among competing claimants for succession to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, with other noble families fighting for independence from the throne. The second covers attempts to reclaim the throne by the exiled last scion of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty; the third chronicles the threat of the impending winter
Here is another episode of 'Based on a True Story.' This time it is 300 and how it is based on the battle of Thermopylae. It is a great film with a great many historically innacurate plot points. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Last: https://youtu.be/lCjMlAWOM-Q Related: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/03/300-historical-innacuracy-gives-birth-masterpiece/ http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/300spartans.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: 300 is a 2006 American epic fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae within the Persian Wars. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. The plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. The events are revealed to be a story told by Delios, the
Ever wonder where we get the idea of history repeating itself? It seems like an odd idea right? Let's explore how this somewhat nonsensical idea has made a significant impact on the study of history. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Previous: https://youtu.be/M84bPv5o91M Related: https://youtu.be/FSyCn93CgM8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #HistoryRepeatsItself
Braveheart is a horribly inaccurate movie, and I hope no one thinks that this one is representative of any kind of truth. Here are some of the most egregious historical errors in this movie. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Previous: https://youtu.be/tQ9mWVrMuMU Related: https://youtu.be/lCjMlAWOM-Q ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Eds. Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983), 15-41. https://amzn.to/2JK2H3J nice breakdown on some inaccuracies: https://thehande.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/braveheart-the-10-historical-inaccuracies-you-need-to-know-before-watching-the-movie/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart#Historical_inaccuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Braveheart is a 1995 American epic war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. The story is inspired by Blind Harry's epic poem The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace and was adapted for the screen by Randall Wallace. The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards at the 68th Academy Awards and won five: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best Sound Editing. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #braveheart #WilliamWallace #review #BasedOnATrueStory #Scotland
I'm getting the guns out on this one. Hollywood gets a lot wrong with guns, from physics problems that Mythbusters have shown, to stupid handling. Possibly the worst offense though is the historical problems. Here is a brief diatribe on the problem. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: The 2nd Amendment According to the Supreme Court: https://youtu.be/_63QPZ3Rbd8 How gun control works in America - Cynical Cypher: https://youtu.be/N2M0JGoUo8s ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #guns #Hollywood #misconceptions #movies
The Last Samurai movie is an award winning work, but it is also a bastardization of reality. Come see why it is so vile in its contempt of the very history it wishes to portray. Anachronism be damned. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/VuCrGwDNI8E related: https://youtu.be/VGHT2yn9cwM ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ravina, Mark. The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori. NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2004. https://amzn.to/2ueOlm2 http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/2746 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Samurai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saig%C5%8D_Takamori ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic historical war film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, with Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada, Koyuki, and Shin Koyamada in supporting roles. Tom Cruise portrays a formerly retired officer of the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan. The film's plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and the westernization of Japan by foreign powers, though in the film the United States is portrayed as the primary force behind the push for westernization. To a lesser extent it is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeak
This is the 1st episode on historical research. It serves as an introduction to the series. The book is: Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Ed. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. https://amzn.to/2Kd5ORK ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: next: https://youtu.be/KiuswiOu5ng playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #research #methods #methodology
This is the second episode on historical research. It explains the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Ed. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. https://amzn.to/2Kd5ORK ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/W-1QkUJUjQY next: https://youtu.be/aBBl8lGhRlc playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #research #methods #methodology
This is the 4th episode on historical research. It explains how to critique historical primary sources. Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Ed. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. https://amzn.to/2Kd5ORK ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/aBBl8lGhRlc first: https://youtu.be/W-1QkUJUjQY playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #research #methods #methodology
This is the 3rd episode on historical research. It explains what historiography is and why it is useful. Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Ed. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. https://amzn.to/2Kd5ORK ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/KiuswiOu5ng next: https://youtu.be/-kALEmSrGWw playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #research #historiography #methods #methodology
Seeing as there is a new Steve Jobs movie coming out, let's look back to the last one. The 2013 film has its flaws, that this new one may repeat, but let's hope for the best. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- related: https://youtu.be/SwN9RzuQfBA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: scene by scene with several actual people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gICwMQQ48Dk http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/16/jobs_movie_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_mostly_accurate_steve_jobs_movie.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/jobs.php http://gizmodo.com/5978777/woz-says-kutchers-steve-jobs-movie-scene-never-happened https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobs_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Jobs is a 2013 American biographical drama film inspired by the life of Steve Jobs, from 1974 while a student at Reed College to the introduction of the iPod in 2001.[3] It is directed by Joshua Michael Stern, written by Matt Whiteley, and produced by Stern and Mark Hulme. Steve Jobs is portrayed by Ashton Kutcher, with Josh Gad as Apple Computer's co-founder Steve Wozniak. Jobs was chosen to close the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[4][5] ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #SteveJobs #jOBS #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Here is a list of the 10 funniest wars in American history. This list goes: 1 - War of Jenkin's Ear 2 - Whiskey rebellion 3 - Nuku Hiva Campaign 4 - Honey War 5 - Commodore Jones take Alta California 6 - Walker's Filibustering 7 - SF Vigilance Committee suppression 8 - Pig War 9 - Range Wars 10 - Pitcairn Affair ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: Is America more violent? https://youtu.be/VghFszohPRM related: How many wars has America had? https://youtu.be/1oGJ784mf_M ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #USA #wars
Unbroken, the movie, is based on a true story. It makes some major omissions, but is all around a good historical movie. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/adElh70lqBA related: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/unbroken/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/24/unbroken_movie_fact_vs_fiction_how_accurate_is_the_louis_zamperini_biopic.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbroken_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Unbroken is a 2014 American war film produced and directed by Angelina Jolie, written by the Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson and based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The film revolves around the life of USA Olympian and athlete Louis "Louie" Zamperini, portrayed by Jack O'Connell. Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber crash landed in the ocean during World War II, then was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps. The film had its world premiere in Sydney on November 17, 2014, and received a wide release in the United States on December 25, 2014. The film grossed $115.6 million in North America, with a worldwide total of over $163 million. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #Zamperini #Unbroken #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Let's take a look at a historian who has made a tremendous impact on the study of history. This time, the father of professional history: Leopold Von Ranke ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/vxgXERmYlz8 related: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Ranke ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Leopold von Ranke (/ˈrɑːŋkə/;[1] German: [ˈʀaŋkə]; 21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian[2][3] and a founder of modern source-based history.[4][5] According to Caroline Hoefferle, "Ranke was probably the most important historian to shape [the] historical profession as it emerged in Europe and the United States in the late 19th century."[6] He was able to implement the seminar teaching method in his classroom and focused on archival research and analysis of historical documents. Building on the methods of the Göttingen School of History,[7] Ranke set the standards for much of later historical writing, introducing such ideas as reliance on primary sources (empiricism), an emphasis on narrative history and especially international politics (Außenpolitik). ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #Ranke #historiography
The movie Lone Survivor has been hailed for it's historical accuracy in the press, but the reality is very different from what the movie depicts. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/vxgXERmYlz8 related: https://youtu.be/lgca_vzyDd8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Luttrell, Marcus. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10. New York: Little Brown and Company, 2007. https://amzn.to/2mWiIKL http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lone-survivor.php http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/01/10/lone_survivor_accuracy_fact_vs_fiction_in_the_mark_wahlberg_and_peter_berg.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Survivor_(film)#Historical_accuracy Luttrell interview: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2012/06/review-interview-marcus-luttrells-service-a-navy-seal-at-war.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Lone Survivor is a 2013 American biographical war thriller film based on the 2007 non-fiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Written and directed by Peter Berg, the film stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. Set during the war in Afghanistan, Lone Survivor dramatizes the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team was tasked to track down and kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Berg first learned of the book Lone Survivor in 2007, while he was filming Hancock (2008). He arranged several meetings with Luttrell to discuss adapting t
Come, let me tell you of my favorite historians of all time - Will and Ariel Durant. Their books were once mandatory to any proper history collection, and even now are unmatched in worldly content. No textbook or "world historian" has ever come close to their monumental achievement. Durant, Will and Ariel Durant. The Complete Story of Civilization. Kindle. https://amzn.to/2NYVuiv Durant, Will. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers. Rev. Ed. 1926; New York: Pocket Books, 1961. https://amzn.to/2LPnTdy Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, rep. ed. (1945; New York: Touchstone Book, 1972). https://amzn.to/2M2APcR ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/CfXW37GfnEE related: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: William James "Will" Durant (/dəˈrænt/; November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981) was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy".[1] He conceived of philosophy as total perspective or seeing things sub specie totius, a phrase inspired by Spinoza's sub specie aeternitatis.[2] He sought to unify and humanize the great body of historical knowledge, which had grown voluminous and become fragmented into esoteric specialties, and to vitalize it for contemporary application.[3] The Durants we
The Wolf of Wall Street film is actually based on a true story, and takes an interesting approach to historical inaccuracy. It is a fascinating excuse to be incorrect! ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: unbroken: https://youtu.be/vxgXERmYlz8 jOBS: https://youtu.be/yxgLzaZlUXo ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/12/31/wolf_of_wall_street_true_story_jordan_belfort_and_other_real_people_in_dicaprio.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/the-wolf-of-wall-street.php http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/15/wolf-wall-street-satire-without-bite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_of_Wall_Street_(2013_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Belfort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lamar ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy[4] crime film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort and recounts Belfort's perspective on his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also co-produced the film) stars as Belfort, with Jonah Hill as his business partner and friend Donnie Azoff, Margot Robbie as his second wife Naomi Lapaglia and Kyle Chandler as Patrick Denham, the FBI agent who tries to bring him down. Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jon Favreau, Joanna Lumley and Jean Dujardin are also featured. The film marks the director's fifth collaborat
Europe has gained supreme influence over the world. Some would call that winning the global game, but how did that happen? It's one of the most important questions in history, and there is no good answer. Instead, here is the most popular one among non-historians: Modernization theory. Try to guess why historians don't favor it... ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: superlatives in history: https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A Do "The victors write the history?": https://youtu.be/FSyCn93CgM8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ferguson, Niall. Civilization: The West and the Rest. New York: Penguin Books, 2011. https://amzn.to/2Kc0EWn Kramer, Lloyd and Sarah Maza, Eds. A Companion to Western Historical Thought. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002. https://amzn.to/2LhuzSf Landes, David S. The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. https://amzn.to/2M1bTm6 http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Two-cheers-for-colonialism-2799327.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_mode_of_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_despotism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernization_theory ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Modernization theory is used to explain the process of modernization within societies. Modernization refers to a model of a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society. Modernization theory originated from the ideas of German sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920), which provid
The classic film Lawrence of Arabia, is one of the most beautiful movies of all time, but it has its flaws. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/dlcgcq5lQOc related: https://youtu.be/yxgLzaZlUXo ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(film)#Historical_accuracy http://www.wordandfilm.com/2013/08/whats-right-wrong-lawrence-of-arabia/ http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-16/peter-otooles-lawrence-arabia-fact-or-fiction most beautiful movies list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj73aDoeFdk ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Lawrence of Arabia is a 1962 epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. It was directed by David Lean and produced by Sam Spiegel through his British company Horizon Pictures, with the screenplay by Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. The film stars Peter O'Toole in the title role. It is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential films in the history of cinema. The dramatic score by Maurice Jarre and the Super Panavision 70 cinematography by Freddie Young are also highly acclaimed.[4] The film was nominated for ten Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963; it won seven in total: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography (Color), Best Art Direction (Color), Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama and the BAFTA Awards for Best Film and Outstanding British Film. The film depicts Lawrence's experiences in the Arabian Peninsula during World War I, in particular his attacks on
There's been a problem built into the Assassin's Creed series since the very beginning, and that is a lack of care for the history it is depicting. While recent iterations might have that complaint about them, the initial premise (given with the title) is perhaps the worst inaccuracy of the entire series. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Tycoon: https://youtu.be/VGHT2yn9cwM Connections: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVV29iLhpj4qpESTRDU80i1 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #assassins #etymology
The movie monuments men is surprisingly bad in terms of historical accuracy. It's kind of sad, because it was a fun movie, but the revelation is disturbing. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: related 1: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI related 2: https://youtu.be/vxgXERmYlz8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/monuments-men.php http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/02/10/the_monuments_men_true_story_fact_checking_the_george_clooney_matt_damon.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Monuments_Men#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The Monuments Men is a 2014 American-German[4][5] war film directed by George Clooney, and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hugh Bonneville, and Cate Blanchett. It is loosely based on the non-fiction book The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. The film follows an Allied group from the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program that is given the task of finding and saving pieces of art and other culturally important items before Nazis destroy or steal them, during World War II.[6][7] The Monuments Men was co-produced by Columbia Pictures (in association with 20th Century Fox) and Babelsberg Studio, and released on February 7, 2014.[8] It received mixed critical reviews and grossed $155 million worldwide against a $70 million budget. ----------------------------------------------------
Vigilante justice might be something we glorify in superhero movies today, but it has a long history that is discretely tied with lynching. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/E_gwkFrM_-w related: https://youtu.be/EM1EV8RdnJA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Belew, Kathleen. “Lynching and Power in the United States.” History Compass 12, no.1 (2014): 84-99. Gard, Wayne. Frontier Justice. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. https://amzn.to/2mVVaWt Waldrep, Christopher. The Many Faces of Judge Lynch: Extralegal Violence and Punishment in America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. https://amzn.to/2KElx1n ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #vigilante #vigilantism #lynching #lynch
The venerable movie, 12 Years a Slave, is based off of the 1853 memoir of the same name. Despite that, this movie still gets so much incorrect. Here's another Based on a True Story where Hollywood just cannot grasp its own material. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/E_gwkFrM_-w related: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: 12 years a slave (book): http://www.gutenberg.org/files/45631/45631-h/45631-h.htm http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/12-years-a-slave.php http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/17/_12_years_a_slave_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_mostly_accurate_movie_about.html http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/how-em-12-years-a-slave-em-gets-history-right-by-getting-it-wrong/280911/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Years_a_Slave_(film) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 period drama film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, a New York State-born free African-American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery. Northup worked on plantations in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before being released. The first scholarly edition of Northup's memoir, co-edited in 1968 by Sue Eakin and Joseph Logsdon, carefully retraced and validated the account and concluded it to be accurate.[4] Other characters in the film were also real people, including Edwin and Mary Epps, and Patsey. The film was directed by Steve McQueen. The screenplay was written by John Ridley. Chiwetel Ejiofor star
For a change, this is off-the-cuff, meaning unscripted and no specific structure. Today we look at the most influential book on my Wars You've Never Heard Of series. Boot, Max. The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power. New York: Perseus Books Group, 2002. https://amzn.to/2NTVKjQ ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXTU5VsYlRm0F2KIQW-_nsv ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #SmallWars #BookReview #MaxBoot #USA #LittleWars #SavageWarsOfPeace
Ever wonder why teachers and professors are so insistant on having you cite your sources? It's rather important, but this also asks a question for you guys to answer, what is the best way to use citation on YouTube? ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/cLAwcRgHB4I related: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Turabian, Kate. A Manual for Writers: of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th Ed. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2013. https://amzn.to/2Kd5ORK ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #citation #sources #historiography
It's a simple question, but not one to be answered with your gut. The history profession is always in the way of politics, and depending on how they want to portray your subject, historians have to tread lightly. What is best for scholarship? Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been demonetized, pending review. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/m2yizbszYxE related: https://youtu.be/kN2I2U2XHC4 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #PC #PoliticallyCorrect #historiography
Considering how much talk has been had over gun control in Australia and how it pertains to the USA, it is prudent to understand what happened historically, and what it actually means for American gun control measures. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/gg3F1hi5-ec related: https://youtu.be/VghFszohPRM https://youtu.be/N2M0JGoUo8s https://youtu.be/_63QPZ3Rbd8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://jeffsachs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Australia-Gun-Law-Reforms.pdf http://c3.nrostatic.com/sites/default/files/Baker%20and%20McPhedran%202007.pdf http://www.nationalreview.com/article/425021/australia-gun-control-obama-america http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2012/12/16/gun_control_after_connecticut_shooting_could_australia_s_laws_provide_a.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/08/02/did-gun-control-work-in-australia/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #GunControl #Australia
Historic fiction is a fairly different thing from "Based on a True Story." I keep getting requests to review movies that fall into the former category, so I want to explain the problem that arises from trying to critique such works. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous Based on a True Story 1: https://youtu.be/E_gwkFrM_-w previous Based on a True Story 2: https://youtu.be/9JRSMPnbOd4 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #fiction #movies #Lincoln #OliverStone
Argo got 2012's best film of the year. These Based on a True Story movies might get a lot of praise for their ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Historic Fiction in movies and historical accuracy: https://youtu.be/47hk1GDoPNU Lawrence of Arabia - Based on a True Story: https://youtu.be/Bw25jgmiKqs ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art1.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/argo.php http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/12/argo_true_story_the_facts_and_fiction_behind_the_ben_affleck_movie.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(2012_film) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Argo is a 2012 American historical drama film directed by Ben Affleck. The screenplay by Chris Terrio is adapted from U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operative Tony Mendez's book The Master of Disguise and Joshuah Bearman's 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran."[3] The latter deals with the "Canadian Caper,"[3] in which Mendez led the rescue of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran, Iran, under the guise of filming a science fiction film during the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis.[4] The film stars Affleck as Mendez with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman in supporting roles, and was released in the United States on October 12, 2012. The film was produced by Grant Heslov, Affleck and George Clooney. Upon release, Argo received widespread acclaim
There is a problem in public history, where people are publishing books on only 3 specific subjects. It is extremely detrimental to the entire history profession, and American culture in general. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: how to research history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- superlatives in history: https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #Holy3 #WWII #AmericanRevolution #historians #historiography #CivilWar
There were a whole bunch of events that took place that may be considered precursors to the American Revolution. It is hard to define what caused such an event without taking into account the whole and it still gets confused. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I related: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVV29iLhpj4qpESTRDU80i1 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002), 69-161. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa America at War: The Macmillan Compendium (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), 37-84. https://amzn.to/2uaLkEd Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, vol.1, 2nd ed. (2005; New York: W.W. Norton, 2009), 167-200. https://amzn.to/2mSz4UU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaratory_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Regulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townshend_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_Alarm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island_Peace_Conf
2:00 - it was not a declaration of war, but funding Lincoln's declaration of insurrection In recent debates, there has been a lot of controversy over the causation of the Civil War in the US. It's mostly due to political farce, but there is a real problem, historically, with trying to define the exact causation of the Civil War. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/cz1i5ncOVIs related: https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002), 246-301. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa America at War: The Macmillan Compendium (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), 219-266. https://amzn.to/2uaLkEd Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, vol.2, 2nd ed. (2005; New York: W.W. Norton, 2009), 6441-519. https://amzn.to/2mPJlB Thomas Bender, A Nation among Nations: America’s Place in World History (New York: Hill and Wang, 2006), 116-181. https://amzn.to/2Ldvl2G https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1860 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corwin_Amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crittenden_Compromise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Conference_of_1861 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Continental_Congress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)#Founding_and_19th_century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fr%C3%A9mont#Republican_presidential_candidate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionism_(negationism)#Confederate_revisionism ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88
Captain Phillips is a an inspirational story, that becomes totally uninspired when you learn the truth. This story seems like your typical Hollywood inaccuracy, but there’s some stuff that Sony did that makes this fairly reprehensible. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: good based on a true story movies: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI what's wrong with based on a true story movies?: https://youtu.be/2u7xQtRKTfE ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/captain-phillips.php http://nypost.com/2013/10/13/crew-members-deny-captain-phillips-heroism/ http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/08/10128/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/11/captain_phillips_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_tom_hanks_and_paul_greengrass.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/11/captain_phillips_true_story_of_somali_pirates_is_complicated.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Phillips_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical survival thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi. The film is inspired by the true story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, an incident during which merchant mariner Captain Richard Phillips was taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean led by Abduwali Muse. The screenplay by Billy Ray is based on the 2010 book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti
Yet another filibuster has happened on the floor of congress, but have you ever wondered where that term comes from. Its a fascinating origine, filled with pirates and revolutionaries. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Engaging Etymology: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUqiSMRMv6EWNaOEGtif8cg ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: A filibuster or freebooter, in the context of foreign policy, is someone who engages in an (at least nominally) unauthorized military expedition into a foreign country or territory to foment or support a revolution. The term is usually used to describe United States citizens who fomented insurrections in Latin America in the mid-19th century (Texas, California, Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia), but is also applicable in the modern day. Filibuster expeditions have also occasionally been used as cover for government-approved deniable operations (see also False flag). A notable late 20th Century example of this would be the Argentinian 'scrap metal merchants' who landed on South Georgia at the outset of the Falklands War.[citation needed] Filibusters are irregular soldiers who (normally) act without official authority from their own government, and are generally motivated by financial gain, political ideology, or the thrill of adventure. The freewheeling actions of the filibusters of the 1850s led to the name being applied figuratively to the political act of filibustering in the United States Congress.[1] Unlike a mercenary, a filibuster leader/commander works for himself, whilst a mercenary leader works for others.[2] ------------
Criticing the American Sniper movie might be a political quagmire, much like the Iraq War, but here goes nothing. But brow-beating aside, there is much to unravel here, and a historical interpretation is needed far-and-above all rhetoric. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Lone Survivor: https://youtu.be/IJgjS19JpHg US Wars: https://youtu.be/1oGJ784mf_M ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/01/23/american_sniper_fact_vs_fiction_how_accurate_is_the_chris_kyle_movie.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/american-sniper/ http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/jan/20/why-american-snipers-historical-dishonesty-misleads http://www.theweek.co.uk/62133/chris-kyle-five-things-american-sniper-gets-wrong http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2015/01/american_sniper_and_the_political_battle_over_chris_kyle.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama film[6] directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Jason Hall. It is loosely based on the memoir American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History (2012) by Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. The film follows the life of Kyle, who became the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history with 255 kills from four tours in the Iraq War, 160 of which were officially confirmed by the Department of Defense.[7] While Kyle was celebrated for his military successes, his tours of duty took a heavy toll on his personal and family
Ever heard "the USA is a Classless society?" Then why has their been class conflict? There's been strikes, fights, and wars - all around being part of a class. Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been demonetized, pending review. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc related: https://youtu.be/VghFszohPRM ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Brecher, Jeremy. Strike! Rev. Ed. 1972; Oakland, Cal.: PM Press, 2014. https://amzn.to/2uXgjUJ Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States, 1492-Present. New Ed. 1980; New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. https://amzn.to/2uVC4nW https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Labor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Red_Scare ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #class #strikes #Marx #IWW #ClassConciousness #HowardZinn #EPThompson #
Pain and gain the movie is actually more docile than the truth. Michael Bae seems like the perfect director to depict the machismo antics of these guys, but that’s the problem. These are serious crimes, not sympathetic stupidity. Most of the problems arise from Bae’s vulgar sensibilities and ineptitude with subtlety. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/gKZqQXrzI_g related: https://youtu.be/47hk1GDoPNU ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/04/26/pain_gain_true_story_fact_and_fiction_in_the_new_movie_starring_mark_wahlberg.html http://www.slashfilm.com/fou-differences-between-pain-and-gain-and-real-life-and-what-they-say-about-michael-bay/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain#Comparisons_between_the_film_and_actual_events http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/pain-and-gain.php http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/27/true-story-behind-pain-and-gain http://thefilmstage.com/features/the-facts-fabrications-of-pain-gain-how-much-truth-is-in-michael-bays-latest-film/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/pain-gain-real-life-survivors_n_3013245.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Pain & Gain is a 2013 American black comedy crime film directed by Michael Bay and starring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie. The film reunites wrestlers Dwayne Johnson and Kurt Angle. The film is loosely based on a story Pete Collins published in a 1999 series of Miami New Times articles and compiled in the book Pain & Gain: This Is
Many people think that nations are ancient creations, but they are actually a 19th century invention. Let's deflate the world-view a bit and see why 1848 is the origin of nation-hood. Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been demonetized, pending review. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/BlOYsCfe-Ig related: https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ references: For the US see: Thomas Bender, A Nation among Nations: America’s Place in World History (New York: Hill and Wang, 2006), 116-181. https://amzn.to/2Ldvl2G Scottland: Hugh Trevor-Roper, "The Highland Tradition of Scotland." in eds. Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger, The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1983). https://amzn.to/2uTH7Fl China: Gries, Peter. China's New Nationalism: Pride, Politics, and Diplomacy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. https://amzn.to/2NUv5me Why National History is defunct: Thomas Baker, "National History in the Age of Michelet, Maculay, and Bancroft." A Companion to Western Historical Thought, eds Kramer, Lloyd and Maza, Sarah (MA: Blackwell, 2002), 185-204. https://amzn.to/2K4fjm8 Anderson, Benedict. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Revised Edition. 1983; London, UK: Verso, 2006. https://amzn.to/2uGcZNm Peter Gunn, History and Cultural Theory (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006), 131-155. https://amzn.to/2uWmK9F ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #n
This great unethical psychology experiment is famous enough to warrant a movie. Many of you may not have heard of this film, but it is a model of accuracy that brings up truly powerful historical questions. It’s the Stanford Prison Experiment. We can actually learn from this movie about what the experiment constituted. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: good "Based on a True Story" movies: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI how to research history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Historical reviews: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/... http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainm... http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/07/... http://www.newsweek.com/stanford-pris... http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanfor... top 10 list of unethical experiments: http://listverse.com/2008/09/07/top-1... A good argument for film directors as historians may be found in Natalie Davis, Slaves on Screen: Film and Historical Vision (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2002), 1-15 and 121-136. https://amzn.to/2udiKkU ------------------------------------------------------------ contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The Stanford Prison Experiment is a 2015 American thriller film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and written by Tim Talbott. The film stars Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Ezra Miller, Tye Sheridan, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Thirlby, and Nelsan Ellis. The plot tells the story of the Stanford prison experiment in which students play the role of a prisoner or a prison guard conducted at Stanford University under supervision of psychology professor Philip Zimbardo in 1971.[3] The project was announ
This movie about one man's quest for meaning is one of my favorite movies of all time, but that does not mean it doesn't have its own inaccuracies. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/JRNy5W7Ocvw related: https://youtu.be/XkdcvzchXKw ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.pbs.org/program/return-to-the-wild/ Carine McCandless. _The Wild Truth_. NY: HarperOne, 2014. http://www.outsideonline.com/1927741/does-wild-truth-tell-true-story-chris-mccandless http://www.tifilms.com/wild/call_debunked.htm http://www.christophermccandless.info/Ronald-Hamilton/ronald-hamilton-intothewild1.html http://www.christophermccandless.info/wayne-sheldrake/wayne-sheldrake-intothewild.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical drama survival film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's 1996 non-fiction book of the same name, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his life spent in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless, and Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents, and features Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook. The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and later opened outside of Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 21, 2007. It was later nominated for two Golden Globes and won the award for Best Original Song: "Guarante
This is part of a collaborative podcast I participated in. To see the full thing, go here: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/entry/2016-04-07T15_01_20-07_00 Check out the other's channels too: Mr. Beat's Social Studies: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat Reading Through History: https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Awhile ago, I asked the question of “Why is the West Strong?” I gave the standard modernization theory answer, which you can click here to watch that. We’re just going to keep going with that theory, and see how dark a path it may wind. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/BlOYsCfe-Ig related: https://youtu.be/dlcgcq5lQOc ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The theory of the Asiatic mode of production (AMP) was devised by Karl Marx around the early 1850s. The essence of the theory has been described as "[the] suggestion ... that Asiatic societies were held in thrall by a despotic ruling clique, residing in central cities and directly expropriating surplus from largely autarkic and generally undifferentiated village communities."[1] The theory continues to arouse heated discussion among contemporary Marxists and non-Marxists alike. Some have rejected the whole concept on the grounds that the socio-economic formations of pre-capitalist Asia did not differ enough from those of feudal Europe to warrant special designation.[2] Aside from Marx, Friedrich Engels was also an enthusiastic commentator on the AMP. They both focused on the socio-economic base of AMP society.[3] ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #OrientalDespotism #Marx #HydrolicSocieties #West #ModernizationTheory #Aristotle #AsiaticFormOfProduction
Blaut destroyed modernization theory in his book, *The Colonizer's Model of the World*. Here is a brief examination of how he did so. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Blaut, J.M. The Colonizer's Model of the World: Geographical Diffusionism and Eurocentric History. New York: The Guilford Press, 1993. https://amzn.to/2uZ359P Blaut, J.M. Eight Eurocentric Historians. New York: The Guilford Press, 2000. https://amzn.to/2uTFGqr ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/C9D7lmkqO3I related: https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #Blaut #eurocentrism #West #Europe
Valkyrie is surprisingly accurate, but in its tone, it misses the mark entirely. It makes the leader of the conspiracy into someone the audience is supposed to identify with, which is problematic. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/rMBv6xZkJ60 related: https://youtu.be/47hk1GDoPNU ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrie_(film)#Historical_accuracy http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2009/jun/08/tom-cruise-valkyrie https://prezi.com/odq27zkvokxt/historical-critique-valkyrie/ https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2009/02/valk-f02.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. Valkyrie was directed by Bryan Singer for the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The cast included Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson. Cruise's casting caused controversy among German politicians and members of the von Stauffenberg family due to the actor's practice of Scientology, which is viewed with suspicion in Germany. Because of this, the filmmakers initially had difficulty setting up filming locations in Germany, but they were later given access to film in locations, including Berlin'
The frontier thesis changed the way Americans viewed their history irreparably. Its unique approach became the beginning of a tradition of American exceptionalism. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/M4KzIsNNXmE related: https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Turner, Frederick. “The Frontier in American History.” _Annual Report of the American Historical Association_, 1893. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/turner/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Thesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Significance_of_the_Frontier_in_American_History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The Frontier Thesis or Turner Thesis, is the argument advanced by historian Frederick Jackson Turner in 1893 that American democracy was formed by the American frontier. He stressed the process—the moving frontier line—and the impact it had on pioneers going through the process. He also stressed results; especially that American democracy was the primary result, along with egalitarianism, a lack of interest in high culture, and violence. "American democracy was born of no theorist's dream; it was not carried in the Susan Constant to Virginia, nor in the Mayflower to Plymouth. It came out of the American forest, and it gained new strength each time it touched a new frontier," said Turner.[1] In the thesis, the American frontier established liberty by releasing Americans from European mind
The movie Charlie Wilson’s War gets its own title incorrect. It is about something that was not so much Wilson’s War, so much as Reagan’s War, but the movie simply wants to deny that altogether. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/JHa7XZlRKIo related: https://youtu.be/47hk1GDoPNU ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/charliewilsonswar.php http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2008/01/whos_war_separating_fact_from.html http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/reels/films/list/0_49_9 http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/45974 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War#Historical_accuracy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17580376 The True Story Behind Charlie Wilson’s War. History Channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hU3r4q5CV8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American comedy-drama film, based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War. The film was directed by Mike Nichols (his final film) and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted George Crile III's 2003 book Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman starred, with Amy Adams and Ned Beatty in supporting roles. It was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, including Be
Many people have heard of the first Red Scare, but we should look at the year of 1919 more thoroughly. It’s probably the craziest one in American history. Ann Hagedorn, Savage Peace: Hope and Fear in America, 1919 (New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007). https://amzn.to/2NHIcaT ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5U related: https://youtu.be/BlOYsCfe-Ig ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: The First Red Scare was a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism, due to real and imagined events; real events included those such as the Russian Revolution. At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of communism and anarchism in the American labor movement fueled a general sense of paranoia. The Scare had its origins in the hyper-nationalism of World War I as well as the Russian Revolution. At the war's end, following the October Revolution, American authorities saw the threat of Communist revolution in the actions of organized labor, including such disparate cases as the Seattle General Strike and the Boston Police Strike and then in the bombing campaign directed by anarchist groups at political and business leaders. Fueled by labor unrest and the anarchist bombings, and then spurred on by United States Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's attempt to suppress radical organizations, it was characterized by exaggerated rhetoric, illegal search and seizures, unwarrant
Spotlight is a revealing look at the Catholic molestation scandal of 2002. This film had me floored. Whatever problems it has, they do not affect the narrative, and that narrative is surprising. I remember this scandal from when I was kid, but I had no idea how bad it really was, and this movie reveals it well. It has a couple misleading things about it, but it is a good “Based on a True Story” movie. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/eAMLVX85BIk related: https://youtu.be/nnWypBbT8PI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/spotlight/ http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2015/10/30/how-spotlight-movie-got-made/wXVXUiYPkoF3hEP9K4dydP/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/spotlight-movie#spotlight http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2014/11/29/spotlightfilm-intro/d8Tp3MQ4Y0OQA3JZgABkeO/story.html http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/special-reports/2002/01/06/church-allowed-abuse-priest-for-years/cSHfGkTIrAT25qKGvBuDNM/story.html http://www.wired.com/2015/11/spotlight-journalism-movies/ http://www.newsweek.com/spotlight-what-recent-movies-get-right-and-wrong-about-journalism-392659 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)#Criticism Catholic Church’s official responses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6j8PEXbPc http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2015/spotlight.cfm https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/10/29/cardinal-malley-says-spotlight-movie-shows-how-church-was-impelled-deal-with-clergy-abuse/Efc7oCeEq6m2JCRKs376NL/story.html http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=175073 Horribly incorrect coverage: http://www.themediareport.com/2015/11/10/lies-boston-globe-spotlight-movie/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88
the mundane word “Boondocks” is derived from one of America’s longest and most brutal wars, a war that seems to be forgotten by most, and misrepresented by so many of the people who mention it otherwise. It is the Philippine Insurrection, also known as the Moro War, and Philippine-American Wars Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been sneak-demonetized. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: wars you've never heard of: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXTU5VsYlRm0F2KIQW-_nsv engaging etymology: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUqiSMRMv6EWNaOEGtif8cg ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Max Boot, The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power (New York: Perseus Books Group, 2002), 99-129. https://amzn.to/2NTVKjQ Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002), 338, 351, 357-58. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa America at War: The Macmillan Compendium (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994), 323-335. https://amzn.to/2uaLkEd Edwin Hoyt, America’s Wars & Military Excursions (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1987), 324-334. https://amzn.to/2u9QGiP Thomas Bender, A Nation among Nations: America’s Place in World History (New York: Hill and Wang, 2006), 228-238. https://amzn.to/2Ldvl2G Philippine Investigation Committee, “‘Marked Severities’ in Philippine Warfare,” _Secretary Root’s Record_, DC: US Senate Records, 1902. Accessed 3/23/2016: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Secretary_Root%27s_Record:%22Marked_Severities%22_in_Philippine_Warfare http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=boondocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boondocks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moro_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Philippine%E2%80%93American_War ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MOR
In the Heart of the Sea is fun movie that shows the travails of the Essex, whose 1820 adventure was the inspiration for Melville's famous Moby Dick. It has perhaps the best showing of what it was like to sail in the Golden Age of sailing. That being said, it also has a rather unforgivable framing device that is so easily fixable that I am rather confused as to how they made such a blunder. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/J0cRTfqeh_o related: https://youtu.be/nnWypBbT8PI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Owen Chase, Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex of Nantucket (New York: W.B. Gilley, 1821). https://books.google.ca/books?id=qgaD97DaxfQC&lpg=PA13&dq=Narrative%20of%20the%20Most%20Extraordinary%20and%20Distressing%20Shipwreck%20of%20the%20Whale-Ship%20Essex%20of%20Nantucket&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=Narrative%20of%20the%20Most%20Extraordinary%20and%20Distressing%20Shipwreck%20of%20the%20Whale-Ship%20Essex%20of%20Nantucket&f=false Stackpole, Renny. “In the Heart of the Sea.” The New England Quarterly, v73 n4 (Dec. 2000) 687-689. Accessed 4/16/2006: http://mysite.du.edu/~ttyler/ploughboy/1821%20-%20Owen%20Chase%20-%20Essex%20Narrative.htm Paul Gilje, Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004), 228-264. https://amzn.to/2OrKwDB Documentary on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71sn-WDQoXI http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick-17576/?no-ist http://news.discovery.com/history/in-the-heart-of-the-sea-fact-and-fiction-151211.htm http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/nantucket-came-to-be-whaling-capital-of-world-180957198/?no-ist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whaling https://en.wikipedi
In recent historiography, it's been easier and easier to classify all scholarship into three camps: Orthodox, revisionist, and post-revisionist. This is the result of the biggest change that happened in the History profession throughout the last century, and it has significantly affected everyone in the Western world. This is going to be super-meta - so understand, I cannot get into specific historical theories, just illustrate the huge change that has happened in history. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA related: https://youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5U ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: In historiography, the term historical revisionism identifies the re-interpretation of the historical record. It usually means challenging the orthodox views held by professional scholars about a historical event, or introducing new evidence, or of restating the motivations and decisions of the participant people. The revision of the historical record reflects the new discoveries of fact, evidence, and interpretation, which produce a revised history. In dramatic cases, revisionism involves a reversal of older moral judgments about heroes and villains. At a basic level, historical revisionism is a common and not especially controversial process of developing and refining the writing of history. Much more controversial is the reversal of moral findings, which the heroes, good guys, or positive forces are depicted as villains, bad guys, or negative forces. This revisionism is quickly challenged by the supporters of the old view, often in heated terms.
Last year’s Bridge of Spies would have been so much better if it were historically accurate. If you saw this and thought it was boring, that’s the real reason why. The problem is, it could have been better if it were more historically accurate. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/D0ehmcPlzMc related: https://youtu.be/J0cRTfqeh_o ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/bridge-of-spies/ http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/22/reel-history-bridge-of-spies-steven-spielberg-tom-hanks-mark-rylance http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/busting-u2-myths/ http://www.theweek.co.uk/67161/bridge-of-spies-the-real-story-behind-spielbergs-cold-war-film http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_oscars/2016/02/bridge_of_spies_is_the_best_movie_of_the_year_video.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_of_Spies_(film)#Historical_accuracy newsreels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LqUP2Qc81M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaf6cydnJG0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Donovan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Abel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glienicke_Bridge Books on the subject (not used directly): http://www.amazon.com/The-Kremlins-Geordie-Spy-Swapped/dp/1906447144/ref=pd_sim_sbs_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41hKyvan68L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR104%2C160_&refRID=1TRDMWSNC8CFCX4FKPXN http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Spies-Giles-Whittell/dp/0767931084 http://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Bridge-Colonel-Francis-Powers/dp/1501118781/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0NB34QMV54WVM422PXWD http://www.amazon.com/Operation-Overflight-Memoir-U-2-Incident/dp/1574884220/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457656768&sr=1-1&keywords=francis+gary+powers ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSC
Deciding how large a scope you want in history is a difficult question, but what if you zoomed all the way out? Then you would see what Fernand Braudel and his Annales school of thought. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Braudel, Fernand. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 1. Reprint Edition. 1949; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. https://amzn.to/2uJrWOK Braudel, Fernand. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, Vol. 2. Reprint Edition. 1949; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. https://amzn.to/2LEZh45 ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw historians who changed history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXNnXWfGY7Tov24iW7t_UuM ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Fernand Braudel (French: [bʁodɛl]; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian and a leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: The Mediterranean (1923–49, then 1949–66), Civilization and Capitalism (1955–79), and the unfinished Identity of France (1970–85). His reputation stems in part from his writings, but even more from his success in making the Annales School the most important engine of historical research in France and much of the world after 1950. As the dominant leader of the Annales School of historiography in the 1950s and 1960s, he exerted enormous influence on historical writing in France and other countries. He was student of Henri Hauser (1866-1
Pawn Sacrifice is fun, but a bit overblown. It's a movie about Bobby Fischer’s victory in chess over the Soviet grandmaster, Boris Spassky, in 1972. There’s some problems, but nothing too horrid. It doesn’t deserve to have been as neglected as it has, not even making half of its budget in theaters. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/1e87IWAYhjo related: https://youtu.be/FVXkx_DkzKA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/16/pawn_sacrifice_movie_about_bobby_fischer_what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/pawn-sacrifice/ https://www.chess.com/article/view/did-hollywood-get-pawn-sacrifice-right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_Sacrifice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Spassky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_the_Century_(chess) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1963 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Spassky_(1992_match) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Pawn Sacrifice is a 2014 American biographical drama film. It is based on the true story of Bobby Fischer's challenge against top Soviet chess grandmasters during the Cold War and culminating in the 1972 World Chess Championship match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick and written by Steven Knight. The film stars Tobey Magui
Today, let’s look at a cinema classic - the 1960 film Spartacus. It has a great deal of problems historically. It is a great movie, but really has no bearing the historical reality. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/gJh7jXlALKY related: https://youtu.be/M84bPv5o91M ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Natalie Zemon Davis. _Slaves on Screen_. MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. 17-40. https://amzn.to/2udiKkU William Harris. “Spartacus.” _Past Imperfect_. edited by Mark Carnes. NY: Henry Holt Co, 1996. 40-43. https://amzn.to/2J5iGc7 http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/24/spartacus-reel-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacus_(film)#Political_commentary.2C_Christianity.2C_and_reception ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ wiki: Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick.[3] The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo was based on the novel Spartacus by Howard Fast. It was inspired by the life story of the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, Spartacus, and the events of the Third Servile War. The film starred Kirk Douglas as Spartacus, Laurence Olivier as the Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus and Tony Curtis as Antoninus. The film won four Academy Awards in all. Douglas, whose Bryna Productions company was producing the film, remo
The Olympics are an important part of world history. They're a place to celebrate our differences, set global trends, make a statement worldwide, resist oppression, and revel in the glory of one’s country. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/MLhRpY7-rx8 related: https://youtu.be/qFCSaYVFroI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Barta, Tony. “Film Nazis.” eds. Tony Barta, _Screening the Past_. CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998. 127-148. https://amzn.to/2LAIrXn https://web.archive.org/web/20081211103250/http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_supplement.php?id_article=68524&id_supplement=8&id_edition=4405 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panhellenic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraean_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_truce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitoline_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_Summer_Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panathenaic_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_venues#Years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_Intercalated_Games#First_Intercalated_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercalated_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leni_Riefenstahl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Winter_Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Summer_Olympics#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlatelolco_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War_(Mexico) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics#Non-participating_National_Olympic_Committees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summe
Since I'm taking a bit of a vacation, here is a CONTEXT podcast that we did specifically on movies and history. I've edited it down by half, without any video editing. You can simply listen, and YouTube will remember where you left off. Do beware, there was no script. Hope you enjoy it. If you would like to check out the full thing: http://historicalcontext.podomatic.com/entry/2016-08-01T13_42_47-07_00 Check out the other's channels too: Mr. Beat's Social Studies: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat Reading Through History: https://www.youtube.com/user/readingthroughhistor ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
This one’s been a long time coming. It was worth the wait. Today I’m taking on The Revenant. I did a lot of research on this one, so let’s take our time and dig deep. By the end of this, I hope no one who watches this can take this movie seriously again. New symbol created thanks to Katrina at www.trinaeliza.com ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/MLhRpY7-rx8 related: https://youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5U ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Primary sources on Glass: hughglass.org/sources/ Secondary source: Coleman, John. Here Lies Hugh Glass: A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation. New York: Hill and Wang, 2012. https://amzn.to/2O5fcKq Reviews used: www.historyextra.com/article/feature/revenant-real-hugh-glass-how-historically-accurate-film historybuff.com/the-revenant-the-incredible-true-story-behind-leonardo-dicaprios-new-movie-Kp9BqRWgdJQw www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/revenant/ www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/best-served-cold-the-terrifying-true-story-behind-the-revenant/ www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/20/reel-history-the-revenant-leonardo-dicaprio www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/14/the-revenant-womans-voice-used-without-screen-credit news.nationalpost.com/arts/canadian-actor-says-the-revenant-completely-stupid-for-portrayal-of-french-canadians-as-murderous-rapists www.slate.com/articles/arts/history/2015/12/hugh_glass_how_accurate_is_the_revenant_a_history_of_a_folk_tale.html www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-revenant/ray-mears-bison-liver-facts-truth/ www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/14/the-revenant-what-was-real-and-what-was-fake/ Revenant documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJfTfsXFbLk en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revenant_(2015_film) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Fur_Company en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikara_War ----------------
Trump is constantly talking about building a wall. So I decided to research the history of these things and their effectiveness, and here’s what I found in top 10 form. New symbol created thanks to Katrina at www.trinaeliza.com ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/rxIk4_ZE0x4 related: https://youtu.be/qs4Lp39Y8W8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: 10. Shu-Sin Wall - 140mi/225km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shu-Sin 9. Offa’s Dyke - 176mi/280km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa%27s_Dyke 8. Cheolli Jangseong - 300mi/480km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheolli_Jangseong 7. Israeli Palestinian Barrier - 440mi/675km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Gaza_barrier 6. Baltic Way - 420mi/675km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way 5. Serpent’s/Trajans Wall - 1000mi/1600km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent%27s_Wall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Wall 4. Moroccan Wall - 1680mi/2700km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moroccan_Wall 3. Inland Customs Line - 2500mi/4000km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inland_Customs_Line 2. Great Walls of China - 5500mi/8850km - 13,171mi/21,196 km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China 1. Roman Limes - unknown, but more extensive than China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_military_frontiers_and_fortifications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borders_of_the_Roman_Empire US-Mexico Border Fence - 580mi/935km https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_barrier ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreo
The Birth of Nation was the first major motion picture success, and because of its historical inaccuracy, the Ku Klux Klan was revived for another round of terror. This is the worst case of a Based on a True Story film. So today is a prime time to go into why it was so bad, and get some President Wilson bashing in. Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been demonetized. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/rxIk4_ZE0x4 related: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Blee, Kathleen M. Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. https://amzn.to/2NzeHbl http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/02/08/383279630/100-years-later-whats-the-legacy-of-birth-of-a-nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation#Ideology_and_accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clansman:_A_Historical_Romance_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan#Second_Klan:_1915.E2.80.931944 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstruction_Era#Legacy_and_historiography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson#Civil_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1804_Haiti_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner%27s_slave_rebellion ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ----------------------------------------- Wiki: The Birth of a Nation (originally called The Clansman) is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed and co-produced by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from the
Comments are disabled because you have nothing new to say, and have already been addressed in other videos. The most likely video for your comments is this one, but it does require you to actually try to understand history, and you will be banned if you express a conspiracy theory: https://youtu.be/izHkqp3e1j0?t=379 ------------------------------------------------------------ Today we go over the Michael Bay film about Benghazi. It’s a mixed bag really. There is a clear political purpose to this movie that overrides what would otherwise be quite good. Also the source material causes some problems as well. New symbol created thanks to Katrina at www.trinaeliza.com ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/1GNES9BUSoM related: https://youtu.be/gKZqQXrzI_g ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Select Committee on Benghazi. _Proposed Report_. DC: US House of Representatives, 2016. Accessed 6/28/2016: benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo -This committee is made up of only Republicans, yet they found no evidence of a “stand down” order. They actually uploaded a brief YouTube video explaining their findings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKJegf5pYc Select Committee on Benghazi. _Honoring Courage, Improving Security, and Fighting the Exploitation of a Tragedy_. DC: US House of Representatives, 2016. Accessed 6/28/2016: democrats-benghazi.house.gov/sites/democrats.benghazi.house.gov/files/documents/Report_of_the_Benghazi_Select_Committee_Democratic_Members-Honoring_Courage_Improving_Security_and_Fighting_the_Exploitation_of_a_Tragedy.pdf -Released by House Democrats to preempt the Republican report. They both had similar findings anyways. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. _Investigative Report on the Terrorist Attacks on the US Facilities in Benghazi_. DC: US House of Representatives, 2014. Accessed 6/28/2016: intelligence.house.gov/sites/in
The movie takes us into the weird and wacky world of the early days of aviation, when men risked their lives for the thrill of flight. What it does best is bring together the disparate elements of early aviation and showcase the trouble that was flight while thoroughly mocking the entire affair in an entertaining manner, which simply takes the lift from the wings of those who want to treat this subject with gravitas. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/yCAJH6_SqmQ related: https://youtu.be/SwN9RzuQfBA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: List of airplanes in the film: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13Pp_t3-mQ8ntdcKlrcOykiAqzTD9EJAmHTKt5BkwiZQ/edit?usp=sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Bennett_Trophy_(aeroplanes) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schneider_Trophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail_aviation_prizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail_Circuit_of_Britain_air_race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_London_to_Manchester_air_race https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Magnificent_Men_in_their_Flying_Machines www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0DEEDF173BE13ABC4F52DFB066838E679EDE? https://www.fiddlersgreen.net/shop/category/name/magnificent+men+and+their+flying+machines.html http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Those_Magnificent_Men_in_Their_Flying_Machines_or_How_I_Flew_from_London_to_Paris_in_25_hours_11_minutes http://aerotoons.com/blog/2015/08/24/aircraft-in-those-magnificent-men-in-their-flying-machines/ http://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2012/08/24/the-first-duel-fought-in-hot-air-balloons-paris-1808/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNEC
Philosophy can be more than wishy-washy flim-flam. It can be practical. The United States is normally not considered the birthplace of philosophical ideas, but leave it to America to come up with one of the most productive philosophical schools ever created. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/eEGSDijpq4o related: https://youtu.be/7rZ0dAaW19M ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Menand, Louis. Pragmatism: A Reader. New York: Random House Publishing, 1997. https://amzn.to/2LwjnQU Cobley, Paul and Litza Jansz. Introducing Semiotics: A Graphic Guide. Malta: Gutenberg Press, 1997. https://amzn.to/2uCNaOr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_theory_of_truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_maxim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behaviorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Watson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thorndike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_interactionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Herbert_Mead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_positivism ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ----------------------------------------- Wiki: Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870.[1] Charles Sanders Peirce, generally considered to be its founder, later described it in his pragmatic maxim: Consider
The Man Who Knew Infinity is a by-the-numbers biopic, but it has a lot to say. Unfortunately, by following the standard Hollywood formula, the inaccuracies add up. Every variable in that formula could have been changed for accuracy to make this a better film, but the spirit of the man depicted is still within its form. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/fqPAnFfPJuk related: https://youtu.be/UIVIigjY_C8 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2016/04/who-was-ramanujan/ http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ramanujan.html http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Ramanujan.html https://www.usna.edu/Users/math/meh/ramanujan.html http://www.ams.org/journals/notices/201602/rnoti-p178.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity_(film) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ----------------------------------------- Wiki: The Man Who Knew Infinity is a 2015 British biographical drama film based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel. The film stars Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician who after growing up poor in Madras, India, earns admittance to Cambridge University during World War I, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy, portrayed by Jeremy Irons. Filming began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] The film had its world premiere as a gala presentation at the 2015 Toronto International Film Fest
You remember the scandals over Bill Cosby, Orson Scott Card, and Michael Jackson and how that affected their art? If we did that for everyone, it would be pandemonium. So what if we just pretended they were all dead? ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/1BnwfrKt51s related: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Barthes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault F for Fake and the Death of the Author - Brows Held High https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O6OTVyybZU Does It Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says? | Idea Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVm65tlhqw8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ----------------------------------------- Wiki: "The Death of the Author" (French: La mort de l'auteur) is a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915-1980). Barthes' essay argues against traditional literary criticism's practice of incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author in an interpretation of a text, and instead argues that writing and creator are unrelated. The title is a pun[citation needed] on Le Morte d'Arthur, a 15th-century compilation of smaller Arthurian legend stories, written by Sir Thomas Malory. The essay's first English-language publication was in the American journal Aspen, no. 5-6 in 1967; the French debut was in the magazine Manteia, no. 5 (1968). The essay later appeared in an anthology of Barthes's essays, Image-Mus
When the movie Selma came out, it was a hit, and a critical darling. But there was a significant controversy surrounding it, and that was the historical accuracy. Given that this show’s intent is to analyze history in film, I thought it was about time to tackle that problem head on. After having watched the movie though, I think the fact-checkers have gone too far. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ePY6BjwojM related: https://youtu.be/u8MtKb3vIfI ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Primary: Civil rights Act (1964) signing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXIaFLPjYgU 1st march: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVymzWrBTww Operation Starlite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYqS1dHy5lY 2nd march: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRiYyjBwG4 LBJ speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NvPhiuGZ6I - 25:00 3rd march: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFhcR362RyE http://grantland.com/features/selma-oscars-academy-awards-historical-accuracy-controversy/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/not-just-a-movie.html?_r=0 http://www.salon.com/2015/01/13/thats_just_not_true_what_selma_and_the_establishment_get_wrong_about_lbj/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_(film)#Historical_accuracy http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-onfilm-turan-selma-historical-films-20150118-column.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/24/selma_fact_vs_fiction_how_true_ava_duvernay_s_new_movie_is_to_the_1965_marches.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/12/reel-history-selma-film-historically-accurate-martin-luther-king-lyndon-johnson https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-movie-selma-has-a-glaring-historical-inaccuracy/2014/12/26/70ad3ea2-8aa4-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/02/17/how-accurate-is-selma/ http://ww
There’s one historical theory that people keep deluding themselves with, and it’s about time I pointed it out. Social banditry, or the Robin Hood theory is problematic at best and cultural misanthropy at worst. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/Y4TGyPIGKkw related: https://youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5U ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Boessenecker, John. “California Bandidos.” Southern California Quarterly 80, i4 (Dec. 1, 1998), 419-434. Hall-Patton, Joseph. Pacifying Paradise: Violence and Vigilantism in San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo: California Polytechnic - San Luis Obispo thesis, 2016. http://www.digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1594/ Hobsbawm, Eric. Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: WW Norton & Company, 1965. https://amzn.to/2L6TDY0 Hobsbawm, Eric. Bandits. Rev. ed. New York: The New Press, 2000. https://amzn.to/2L4RagK Rediker, Marcus. Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailor, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2014. https://amzn.to/2OasYf4 Linebaugh, Peter and Marcus Rediker. The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic. Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2000. https://amzn.to/2JKq8tN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bandit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Murrieta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Pico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bart_(outlaw) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cy
There are a few problems with the accuracy of the Free State of Jones, but they’re mostly forgivable. What really makes this a bad movie has nothing to do with that. It just makes some storytelling mistakes that made this an unbearable movie to watch ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: previous: https://youtu.be/VW_fEdrvmOI related: https://youtu.be/zzsvOBjRXew ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Oshinsky, David. Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. New York: Free Press Paperbacks, 1997. https://amzn.to/2udhA8Q Blackmon, Douglas. Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. New York: Anchor Books, 2008. https://amzn.to/2zWOT64 http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/free-state-of-jones/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-free-state-jones-180958111/?no-ist http://journalofthecivilwarera.org/2016/07/right-wrong-free-state-jones-making-sense-civil-war-film-tradition/ http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/free-state-of-jones-movie-review/ http://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-historical-imagination-and-free-state-of-jones http://www.southeastern.edu/news_media/news_releases/2016/june/hyde_free_state_jones.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-story-behind-free-state-of-jones/ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/08/small-truth-papering-over-a-big-lie/61136/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_State_of_Jones_(film)#Premise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_County,_Mississippi#Civil_War_years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_Knight ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88
It's time review Citizen Trump's favorite movie, Citizen Kane. Strangely enough, it is kind of Based on a True Story. William Randolph Hearst was Orson Welles's target, but this is an odd one for me. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_Over_Citizen_Kane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst The Battle over Citizen Kane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDgSgCo6z3Q Trump on Citizen Kane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGPvwdrlzCM&t=458s (21:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a63ymFn6nS0&t=1s http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/donald-trump-2016-citizen-kane-213943 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-kelly-223303 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 contribute to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ----------------------------------------- Wiki: Citizen Kane is a 1941 American mystery drama film by Orson Welles, its producer, co-screenwriter, director and star. The picture was Welles's first feature film. Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories, it won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles. Considered by many critics, filmmakers, and fans to be the greatest film of all time, Citizen Kane was voted as such in five consecutive British Film Institute Sight & Sound polls of critics, until it was displaced by Vertigo in the 2012 poll. It topped the American Film Institute's 100 Years ... 100 Movies list in 1998, as well as its 2007 update. Citizen Kane is particularly praised for its cinematography, music, and narrative structure, which have been considered innovative and precedent-setting. The quasi-b
Hollywood often likes to make movies about itself. In terms of historical topics, that has to be right up there with presidents and WWII. It also has a fairly set formula for pumping out bio-pics. Often times that means fitting a square peg in a round hole. So today, let’s look at a film that combines both of these tendencies with the 1992 film, Chaplin. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Kathryn Dixon, _Charlie Chaplin_ (NC: TAJ Books International, 2013). https://amzn.to/2KZkBEk Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen, _Based on a True Story: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies_ (IL: Chicago Review Press, 2005), 211-215. https://amzn.to/2m2sSZQ Frank Sanello, _Reel v Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction_ (MD: Taylor Trade Press, 2003), 158-161. https://amzn.to/2N072BB https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/nov/22/chaplin-charlie-little-tramp-reel-history ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Chaplin is a 1992 British-American biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Kline. It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin. The film was adapted by William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books My Autobiography by Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by film critic David Robinson. Associate producer
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Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II. Its ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, and Tom Hardy. The film is a British, American, French, and Dutch co-production, and was distributed by Warner Bros. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/dunkirk/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/07/20/what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction_in_dunkirk.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/07/20/dunkirk-how-historically-accurate-christopher-nolans-wwii-film/493068001/ https://inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/film/dunkirk-wrong-historian-james-holland/ https://dailyhistory.org/Is_the_movie_Dunkirk_historically_accurate%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_(2017_film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Dunkirk portrays the evacuation from three perspectives: land, sea, and air. It has little dialogue, as Nolan sought instead to create suspense from cinematography and music. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk and ended that September in Los Angeles, when post-production began. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film stock. Dunkirk has extensive practical effects, and employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats
The Witch (stylized as The VVitch, subtitled A New-England Folktale) is a 2015 period supernatural horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers in his directorial debut. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. The Witch follows a Puritan family encountering forces of evil in the woods beyond their New England farm. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Slotkin, Richard. Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. https://amzn.to/2KMAKNV Slotkin, Richard. The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890. New York: Atheneum Books, 1985. https://amzn.to/2NHdyyC Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. New York: Atheneum Books, 1992. https://amzn.to/2zqKeco ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #TheWitch #RegenerationThroughViolence #FrontierMyth #History #Review #BasedOnATrueStory
This is the second part of a 2 part episode. The first covered Woodrow Wilson from his early years to the 1912 election. This episode is covering his presidency. I highly recommend you go see the previous one, because I’m going to refer to stuff in it a lot here. They only allow 5 cards, so here are all the previous episodes referenced: Wilson Part 1: https://youtu.be/Hm0Gzz53YJo Birth of a Nation: https://youtu.be/zzsvOBjRXew Philippine Insurrection: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA WWI causes: https://youtu.be/NTrk7XktTrc WWI effects: https://youtu.be/G3vKUgoTghg Border Wars: https://youtu.be/qs4Lp39Y8W8 Russian Intervention: https://youtu.be/1mC1bmzbgxY 1919 Red Scare: https://youtu.be/S4Pi2nYcYNw ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Wilson’s Work: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1689 http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/presidents/wilson/index.html Woodrow Wilson, _Congressional Governement_ (MD: Johns Hopkins Dissertation, 1885). Accessed 7/5/17: https://archive.org/stream/congressionalgov00wilsiala#page/n5/mode/2up Woodrow Wilson, _A History of the American People_ (NY: Harper Brothers, 1902). Accessed 7/2/17 (5 volumes): - https://archive.org/details/cu31924082475470 - https://archive.org/stream/cu31924082475488 - https://archive.org/stream/cu31924082475496 - https://archive.org/stream/cu31924082475504 - https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryamerica03conggoog Woodrow Wilson, “States Rights 1850-1861,” _The Cambridge Modern History_ (NY: MacMillan Company, 1907) 405-442. https://archive.org/details/cambridgemodernh07actouoft Ambrosius, Lloyd. Wilsonianism: Woodrow Wilson and His Legacy in American Foreign Relations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. https://amzn.to/2N5sq8N, https://amzn.to/2N68keG Bragdon, Henry. Woodrow Wilson: The Academic Years. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1967. https://amzn.to/2L2O0gG Davis, Donald & Eugene Trani. The First Co
Because of recent proposals by the US president, there have been a few misconceptions floating around about the role of military parades in Washington, DC. But if one looks at the history of these affairs, this request is not as extraordinary as it may appear. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-military-parades-us-have-changed-180968102/ http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/07/americas-long-history-military-parades/ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/02/actually-the-us-has-a-rich-tradition-of-military-parades-but-normally-theyre-after-military-victories-and-stuff/ http://www.history.com/news/military-parades-throughout-history http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/07/us-military-parades-throughout-history.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/07/us/american-military-parades/index.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-cbs-news-reported-the-last-national-military-parade-in-1991/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ President Trump has spoken of his desire for a grand military parade since the early days of his presidency. During a January 18 meeting, he directed top generals to organize such a parade on the scale of France’s Bastille Day celebrations, reports Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker for The Washington Post. This Tuesday, Pentagon spokesman Charlie Summers confirmed the U.S. Department of Defense is in the process of reviewing potential dates for a parade. ------------------------------------------------------------ Ha
Detroit is an interesting case for historical accuracy in cinema. I wouldn’t say it is completely accurate, but then again, neither does the film. Instead this is almost entirely disputed history. There are no definitive accounts of what happened, only murky and often self-contradictory information. And this film goes a long way to doing that. It is about the Algiers Motel Incident during the 1967 Detroit Riot. This riot was part of an even greater trend that year called the Long Hot Summer ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/08/03/fact_vs_fiction_in_kathryn_bigelow_s_detroit.html http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/detroit/ http://time.com/4879062/detroit-1967-real-history/ https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/detroit-is-the-most-irresponsible-and-dangerous-movie-this-year_us_5988570be4b0f2c7d93f5744 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/movies/detroit-review.html http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/mark-boal-on-why-he-wrote-the-movie-detroit.html Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suD6tiyVrLM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn1gcdgiLac ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Detroit is a 2017 American period crime drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Based on the Algiers Motel incident during Detroit's 1967 12th Street Riot, the film's release commemorated the 50th anniversary of the event.[5] The film stars John Boyega, Will Poulter, Algee Smith, Jason Mitchell, John
This is a difficult subject. California has been at the forefront of racial prejudice, violence, and discrimination in American history. We are speaking of a very real case for genocide, horrendous Indian Wars, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and Hispanic oppression. It is not an easy subject, but is a vital part of our history. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Kimberly Johnston-Dodds, “Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians,” _California Research Bureau_ (September 2002). Accessed 6/15/17: https://www.library.ca.gov/crb/02/14/02-014.pdf Robert Fleming Heizer, _The Destruction of California Indians_ (San Francisco: Peregrine Smith Books, 1974). https://amzn.to/2NDfRmb Hubert Bancroft, _Works of HH Bancroft: Volume 24_ (CA: The History Company, 1890) 474-494. https://archive.org/details/workshuberthowe78bancgoog William Coffer, “Genocide among the California Indians,” _Indian Historian,_ v10 (Spring 1977), 8-15. Jack Norton, _When Our Worlds Cried_ (San Francisco: Indian Historian Press, 1979). https://amzn.to/2N2HgwH Frank Baumgardner, _Killing for Land in Early California: Native American Blood at Round Valley_ (NY: Algora Publishing, 2005). https://amzn.to/2KVe39G Brendan C. Lindsay, _Murder State: California's Native American Genocide_ (Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 2015). https://amzn.to/2u8CzdL Benjamin Madley, _An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873_ (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016). https://amzn.to/2NE5HSr William Deverell, _Whitewashed Adobe: The Rise of Los Angeles and the Remaking of Its Mexican Past_ (CA: University of California Press, 2004) https://amzn.to/2u75NKd Susan Lee Johnson, _Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush_ (CA: WW Norton, 2000). https://amzn.to/2NEFcMC Erika Lee, _At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era,_ (Chapel Hil
The title of this episode is a bit weird and vague, and you probably clicked just to see what I’m on about, but it’s a real question: Are there multiple Californias? This might seem like a thing that only matters to Californians, but it kinda matters to everyone, since California is somewhat of the cultural capital of the US, which in turn applies to the world due to America’s current hegemonic status. So any divides hurt unity, the deeper the divide the less unity, and thereby there possibly being multiple. With an extremely divisive election behind us, California seems like it has had its underlying regional issues revealed. The state is still reeling. Remember that whole thing going around about California proposing to secede from the union? I knew people who honestly believed in it. Heck, I would vote for it, if only to watch the world burn. But California is by no means united. for the California History playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #California #Divides #NorCal #SoCal #CalExit
Walker is perhaps the most inaccurate movie I’ve ever reviewed. Yet, I absolutely love it for that. Some of this review will ruin the surprise of it, so let me just say: it is the best inaccurate movie I know. I’ll get into why later, and put up a spoiler warning there. It has a disctly current leaning, but is also meant to lampoon the person it is based on. See my rediculous cover of the Walker theme song here: https://youtu.be/JN4onwAIB0E ------------------------------------------------------------ references: William Walker, _War in Nicaragua_ (New York: SH Goetzel & Co, 1860). https://archive.org/details/warinnicaragua00walk Joseph Stout Jr, _Schemers & Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico_ (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 2002). https://amzn.to/2u71Dls Alan Axelrod, _America’s Wars_ (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002), 336-38, 361-63, 366-68, 494-95, 496-99. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Richard Slotkin, _The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, _ (New York: Atheneum Books, 1985), 242-278. https://amzn.to/2N2H2FR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_(film)#Historical_accuracy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Walker is a 1987 American-Spanish historical revisionist film directed by Alex Cox and starring Ed Harris, Richard Masur, René Auberjonois, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, and Marlee Matlin. The film is based on the life story of William Walker, the American filibuster who invaded and made himself president of Nicaragua. It w
As one might expect, YouTube was too cowardly to monetize this video. I presented this paper at a recent conference in Las Vegas on 24 February 2018 (FWPCC), and I figured I would show it here. It uses a historical character named Queho to show how conspiracy theories are a part of the process of mythology surrounding tragedies, and how they may be counteracted. This is original research, and will (probably) be developed into a full article. Bibliography and footnotes are in a pinned comment. Through YouTube's cowardice, this video has been sneak-demonetized. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #ConspiracyTheories #VegasShooting #October1 #Queho #ClarkCounty #ConspiracyTheory #MadMummy
I went to the National Council on Public History last week. When I got back home, I figured I would share some of the interesting things that were discussed and why going to such events is important as a scholar. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #Historians #NCPH #PuplicHistory #NationalCouncilOnPublicHistory #PopularHistory #AcademicHistory
Darkest Hour (2017) is an interesting movie. It messes up almost everything pretty badly to the point of being irksome, but it is also somewhat endearing. Churchill was quite a character, but they took some liberties that are a little too much to handle. But at least I get to talk about the guy - He was a bit of a historian afterall, so consider this a “historians who changed history” episode as well. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: British War Cabinet Conclusions: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C9025075/prev/C9025075 YouTube channel devoted to recordings of Churchill’s speeches https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fzzbr4smERslSB1G2Jdbg Winston Churchill, Their Finest Hour (1949; New York: Rosetta Books, 2002) ebook, 87-150/788. https://amzn.to/2u8xH8v Paul Johnson, Churchill (New York: Penguin Group, 2009). https://amzn.to/2N2LowK http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/darkest-hour/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/12/08/what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction_in_darkest_hour.html http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/feb/26/fact-check-darkest-hour-movie-winston-churchill/ https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/903832/Darkest-Hour-historical-accuracy-Winston-Churchill-grandson-Nicholas-Soames-Gary-Oldman http://time.com/5031642/winston-churchill-darkest-hour/ https://www.cinemablend.com/news/1731500/did-that-pivotal-darkest-hour-scene-really-happen-joe-wright-fills-us-in ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History -------------------------------------------------
The legend of Ben Hall is a great example of how to make a good Western about a famous outlaw. The only problem is it's not a Western, it’s an Aussie flic. Ben Hall was a bushranger, Australia’s equivalent of a desperado or bandit, but there are some key differences. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Belich, James. “Exploding Wests: Boom and Bust in Nineteenth-Century Settler Societies.” In _Natural Experiments of History,_ ed. Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson, 53-87. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. https://amzn.to/2m6PicB Shiel, D.J. Ben Hall: Bushranger. St. Lucia, Australia: University of Queensland Press, 1983. https://amzn.to/2KZFxLa McFarlane, Brian. “Down Under Desperado: ‘The Legend of Ben Hall’ and the Bushranger Film.” Metro Magazine, no. 193 (January 2017), 28-31. https://truewestmagazine.com/the-legend-of-ben-hall/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hall_(bushranger) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Legend of Ben Hall is a 2016 Australian Revisionist Western film. Written and directed by Matthew Holmes, it is based on the exploits of bushranger Ben Hall and his gang. The film stars Jack Martin in the title role, Jamie Coffa as John Gilbert, and William Lee as John Dunn. Holmes' goal with The Legend of Ben Hall was the produce an historically accurate film that focuses on the last nine months of Hall's life, when he was a well-established bushranger along with his accomplices Gilbe
If you want to comment, first watch the comments response video: https://youtu.be/uOX8x6bqpFQ The Death of Stalin could’ve been a lot better. It is a strange form of parody or dark comedy. Honestly, I don’t know if it could be saved with a bit better historicism. It did have me laughing at a few points. Some of the license taken is necessary, but there are some dangerous misconceptions and falsehoods this movie proliferates. They needed to take greater care with such a touchy subject. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: An awesome archive of primary sources for Soviet history: http://soviethistory.msu.edu/ Fitzpatrick, Sheila. On Stalin's Team : The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics. Princeton, N.Jers.: Princeton University Press, 2015. https://amzn.to/2u4ZKWe Hoffmann, David L., ed. Stalinism: The Essential Reader. New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2003. https://amzn.to/2udigeo Yurchak, Alexei. Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation. 2006. Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press. 1-76. https://amzn.to/2J2h96T https://www.calvertjournal.com/opinion/show/9122/the-death-of-stalin-review-iannucci-buscemi-russell-beale https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-death-stalin-180965119/ https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/whats-fact-and-whats-fiction-in-the-death-of-stalin.html https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/18/death-of-stalin-russian-roulette-with-truth-armando-iannucci https://inmoscowsshadows.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/the-death-of-stalin-arguably-all-the-more-accurate-and-honest-for-not-pretending-to-be-either/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.c
The channel hit 50,000 subscribers this week. Today I'm going to be on camera answering your questions live. I'll start with questions from Patreon, and then go from there. Here's a fun thing; lets see if your sobriety can be maintained with the following drinking game - Take a swig if I do one of these: Mention Woodrow Wilson Apologize for pedantry Make a mistake that's corrected by live comments Advocate nuance and ambiguity Say, "this is interesting" I'll bet no one's sober by the end of this one. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
To skip to the announcements, go to 13:08 Given that my bookcase has been the backdrop of so many videos, I figured it is time to do a tour of it. I also have some announcements about Patreon and SpreadShirt. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The comments section on my review of The Death of Stalin have devolved quite a bit. Let's look into why, and what those comments address. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: An awesome archive of primary sources for Soviet history: http://soviethistory.msu.edu/ the 4chan post: https://archive.4plebs.org/tv/thread/99091106/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
People often say, "You can't trust the official story." It's normally used to justify spurious myth-making like conspiracy theories, but let's talk about how historians often have to deal with secret information and how that information is brought to light. Understanding how a story is made, is much better than believing in such things as an "official story." Check out Tristan's video: https://youtu.be/f6Mh1F-qp4U ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #ConspiracyTheories #Roswell #TheOfficialStory #FOIA #ConspiracyTheory #JFK
This was written 6 months ago, and the conclusion was not added later. Any semblance of topical subjects is purely coincidental, and was not built into this by myself, no matter how prescient it may sound given six months prior writing. We wanted to talk about how representative-democracy can be subverted or turned into tyranny - a pretty apt subject at any time. It is always a pressing matter. Here in the United States, we have a very clear way of defining tyranny within our government, yet it is somehow vague as well. Since our constitution was created in 1787, usurping that constitution has been the easiest way to proclaim someone as a tyrant. Check out The Exploration's episode on the rise of tyranny in Germany: https://youtu.be/DJUf8MxbcdA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Richter, Daniel. Facing East from Indian Country: A Native History of Early America (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003). https://amzn.to/2MVhWJ4 Ross Kennedy eds, A Companion to Woodrow Wilson (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2013). https://amzn.to/2KXhGc1 Greg Robinson, A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North America (NY: Columbia University Press, 2009). https://amzn.to/2MY3kZz Eds. Paul Boyer, Oxford Companion to American History (UK: Oxford University Press, 2001), 26, 367-68, 379-79, 831, 834. https://amzn.to/2KRpTl8 Eds. Eric Foner and John Garraty, The Reader’s Companion to American History (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991) 26-27, 215, 558, 565, 588-89, 1081, 1172. https://amzn.to/2MUYR9M http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbury_v._Madison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_removal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Civilized_Tribes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_J
I went to VidCon on an AHA-Mellon Grant, and wanted to talk about it. I have a few announcements, so skip to 6:45 to find those. We had a totally seperate event called EduCon included, and both events were fun. Check out some other creators Alliterative (the Endless Knot): https://www.youtube.com/user/Alliterative Step Back History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A Knowing Better: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8XjmAEDVZSCQjI150cb4QA Soliloquy: https://www.youtube.com/user/Soliloquy084 Grant Hurst: https://www.youtube.com/user/GrantGHurst Khanubis: https://www.youtube.com/user/tobirates City Beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGc8ZVCsrR3dAuhvUbkbToQ Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The epic western is back! Hostiles is great, but with one glaring and easily fixed flaw. This movie explores violence and hate inherent in the American West, in a way that no film has attempted in a long time. It is perfectly ambiguous, and you should watch the film. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Broadway Books, 2017. https://amzn.to/2KIk0aI (and thanks to Dr. Hutton for giving me some of the criticism for this review offhandedly - It's all your fault, hehehe) Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008. https://amzn.to/2m162C3 Lahti, Janne. Cultural Construction of Empire: The US Army in Arizona and New Mexico. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/2NHPZ8O Lamar, Howard Roberts. The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History. Rev. ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1970. https://amzn.to/2KGIwsz White, Richard. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011. https://amzn.to/2zkURO3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Hostiles is a 2017 American Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kil
Mudbound is startlingly dark in just the right kind of way. Netflix has had quite a few duds with their movies, but somehow they managed to produce a superb work of historical fiction here. Yes it’s fictional, but it’s also based on very real situations. It follows a Black and a White family on a farm in Jim Crow Mississippi, during and after WWII - which was not a nice place to be. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Lambert, Frank. The Battle of Ole Miss: Civil Rights v. States’ Rights. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010. https://amzn.to/2J5J3P9 Oshinsky, David M. Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. New York: Free Press Paperbacks, 1997. https://amzn.to/2u0KwBS Waldrep, Christopher. The Many Faces of Judge Lynch: Extralegal Violence and Punishment in America. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. https://amzn.to/2KElx1n Blee, Kathleen M. Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. https://amzn.to/2NzeHbl https://www.npr.org/2017/11/16/563290560/mudbound-is-a-grand-sweeping-epic-of-the-jim-crow-south ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Mudbound is a 2017 American period drama film directed by Dee Rees and written by Rees and Virgil Williams, based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan. It stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, and Mary J. Blige. The film depicts two World War II veterans – one white, on
You know YouTube is afraid of history content, but there is a new problem with monetization. This kind of sneak-demonetization is showing YouTube's true colors, and they might be redder than you thought. Yeah, we're going into a discussion of corporate autocracy and tyranny from the perspective of Chinese legalism to show we're living in a Sci-Fi dystopia. All the YouTube references: 1:02 https://youtu.be/RW_L8mF1Ix0 1:44 https://youtu.be/mYaOUfx4S7o 4:07 1st - https://youtu.be/_4NgO69RprE , 2nd - https://youtu.be/CtDk-MGHBvE 4:15 his - https://youtu.be/DJUf8MxbcdA , mine - https://youtu.be/_2r1amYgIWo 4:41 https://youtu.be/GKqdD7uXD0M 4:50 https://youtu.be/R1FO9MqWugY 6:47 https://youtu.be/0c4Qr4RS_qY , https://youtu.be/qY6A-3bIRcE , https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA 7:05 https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat 7:15 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMmaBzfCCwZ2KqaBJjkj0fw 8:05 https://youtu.be/ZZ6L9amWHY8 10:30 https://youtu.be/l3pkkSNRug4 18:23 https://youtu.be/YflsCectl6I Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Shen Dao (350-275 BC) quoted in LK Chen and Hiu Chuk Winnie Sung, “The Doctrines and Transformation of the Huang-Lao Tradition,” ed. Xiaogan Liu, Dao Companion to Daoist Philosophy (Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Science, 2015), 251. https://amzn.to/2KpMVLz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Demonetization refers to changes made to YouTube’s
This is a historical review of The Lost City of Z. Click here to check out Skillshare: https://skl.sh/Cynical The first 500 people to sign up get 2 months free! Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Storey, Nicholas. Great British Adventurers. Barnsley, UK: Remember When, 2012. https://amzn.to/2J1GDRK http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/lost-city-of-z/ https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/04/the-lost-city-of-z-is-a-very-long-way-from-a-true-story-and-i-should-know/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/lost-city-of-z-alters-history-for-the-sake-of-modern-audiences-are-we-okay-with-that/2017/04/20/69492ada-253f-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?utm_term=.6a471a6d04f5 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Lost City of Z is a 2016 American biographical adventure drama film written and directed by James Gray, based on the 2009 book of the same name by David Grann. It portrays real events surrounding the British explorer Percy Fawcett, who was sent to Bolivia and made several attempts to find a supposed ancient lost city in the Amazon. The film stars Charlie Hunnam as Fawcett; Robert Pattinson as his fellow explorer, Henry Costin; and Sienna Miller as his wife, Nina Fawcett. ------------------------------------------------------------ #History #LostCityOfZ #PercyFawcett #Review #Accuracy
The film Loving Vincent takes a different approach to most films about a particular figure, not just because of the art style (which is absolutely fantastic), but because of the story they are telling. They made room for a lot of fictionalization, but also to explore one of the enduring mysteries of Van Gogh’s life. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Van Gogh Letters: http://vangoghletters.org Wilkie, Ken. The Van Gogh File: The Myth and the Man. New Ed. 1978; London, UK: Souvenir Press, 2004. https://amzn.to/2J9f34Y https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/08/reel-history-lust-for-life https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/loving-vincent-van-gogh-dorota-kobiela-hugh-welchman/Content?oid=32696545 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_van_Gogh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Vincent_van_Gogh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Gogh%27s_family_in_his_art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portraits_of_Vincent_van_Gogh Special thanks to Dr. Colleen Hall-Patton for proofreading this script. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Loving Vincent is a 2017 experimental animated biographical drama film about the life of painter Vincent van Gogh, and in particular, the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film.[7] The film, written and directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, is a Polish production, funded by the Polis
It’s finally time to review Patton! I have a lot to say about it, as you can tell by the time stamp. Way back when I started the Based on a True Story series, the second episode was a bit about what I considered to be the best ones - and this movie was at the top. I love this film, but for more reasons than most of you could know - so this is going to be a deep dive into the film and it’s subject matter. It’s ambiguous, narrowed in subject, and just a perfect examination of the man. As the New Yorker said during the movie’s release, “[Patton] appears to be deliberately planned as a Rorschach test.” ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Brian Sobel and George S. Patton IV, The Fighting Pattons (Westport: Praeger Publishing, 1997). https://amzn.to/2u2WI57 MacMillan Compendium, America at War (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1994), 726-727. https://amzn.to/2m6o4mx John Keegan and Andrew Wheatcroft, Who’s Who in Military History: from 1453 to the Present Day, (London: Routledge, 1996), 231-232. https://amzn.to/2KWv53M Paul Fussell, “Patton,” in Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies, ed. Mark Carnes (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996). https://amzn.to/2J5iGc7 Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen, Based on a True Story: Fact and Fantasy in 100 Favorite Movies, (Chicago: A Cappella Books, 2005), 269-272. https://amzn.to/2m2sSZQ Frank Sanello, Reel v. Real: How Hollywood Turns Fact into Fiction (Lanham: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2003), 177-181. https://amzn.to/2N072BB http://www.historynet.com/patton-film-real-reel.htm https://dailyhistory.org/How_accurate_is_the_movie_Patton%3F http://jbell2ja.umwblogs.org/history-in-film-patton/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/nov/27/patton-history-secondworldwar-general https://www.moviemistakes.com/film960 Special thanks to my mom, dad, and uncle for making sure this was accurate and providing media for the end bit, especial
Having lived in many states, New Mexicans have a particular hatred for Texans that is pretty unique, and is backed up by a rivalry that was continuously violent for a century. Check out Mr. Beat's episode: https://youtu.be/birz5akHWJA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Anderson, George B. History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People. 2 vols. Los Angeles, Calif: Pacific States Publishing Co, 1907. https://archive.org/details/historynewmexic00cogoog, https://archive.org/details/historyofnewmexi02paci Hall-Patton, Joseph. [tentative title] “Blood in the Plaza: The Mesilla Riot of 1871.” [manuscript for] The New Mexico History Review (work in progress, unpublished). Keleher, William A. Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846-1868. Facsimile of 1952 edition, with new foreword by Marc Simmons. Santa Fe, N.Mex.: Sunstone Press, 2008. https://amzn.to/2ABadyG Kiser, William S. Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2011. https://amzn.to/2OzYN0H Lamar, Howard Roberts. The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History. Rev. ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1970. https://amzn.to/2KGIwsz Montejano, David. Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, 1836-1986. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1987. https://amzn.to/2NFGNla Simmons, Marc. New Mexico: An Interpretive History. 1977. Reprint, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1988. https://amzn.to/2NZYHOT ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_His
This is a brief overview of how people have thought of the end of history. In two tracks, utopian and apocalyptic, one can get a sense of what is meant by "the end of history." ------------------------------------------------------------ References: Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, Re. Ed. (1992; New York: Avon Books, 1998). https://amzn.to/2M302ax Friedrich Nietzsche, The Nietzsche Reader, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Duncan Large (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2006). https://amzn.to/2QKIC1P Most of this is basically common knowledge, so here’s some helpful wikis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_History_and_the_Last_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millenarianism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_Peace:_A_Philosophical_Sketch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenology_of_Spirit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectical_materialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche#%C3%9Cbermensch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: An apocalypse is a disclosure of knowledge or revelation. Historically, the term has a heavy religious connotation as commonly seen in the prophetic revelations of eschatology and were obtained through dreams or spiritual visions. It is also the Greek word fo
Link to the Mr. Beat's original video: https://youtu.be/birz5akHWJA Here is mine: https://youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y Mr. Beat and I are going to do a quick comment response from our collaboration on State Rivalries, specifically Kansas vs. Missouri, and New Mexico vs. Texas. Come ask live questions, once we've gotten through the comments from our episodes. ------------------------------------------------------------ *Drinking game* - b/c of course (comment "+Drink" if a swig is required) take a swig if any of these happen: -We are corrected or fact-checked by live comments -I go after Woodrow Wilson -We quibble on some minor point -We have to research something live I'll be drinking Scotch or California wine, but Matt won't be drinking (unless we can convince him, mwahaha) ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #StateRivalries #CommentsResponse #Q&A
As one might expect, YouTube was too cowardly to monetize this video. This is a divisive topic to say the least. The mere mention of the Waco Siege and Ruby Ridge will inevitably bring out the conspiracists, but my duty is not to engage with lunatics. I’m trying to understand how this show affects the viewer, whether negatively or positively, and whether it could be better. On both counts, this show comes out fairly well. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Newport, Kenneth G. C. The Branch Davidians of Waco: The History and Beliefs of an Apocalyptic Sect. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006. https://amzn.to/2LyzxGw Tabor, James D. and Eugene V. Gallagher. Why Waco? : Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. https://amzn.to/2NzKXKJ Congressional investigations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW82k_9mba4 Events Surrounding the Branch Davidian Cult Standoff in Waco, Texas: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives. 103 Congress, 1st Session, serial no. 95 (28 April 1993). https://archive.org/details/eventssurroundin00unit Website of the evidence gathered by TX Rangers: http://www.dps.texas.gov/director_staff/public_information/branch_davidian/indexfirst.htm Archive of Dallas News collection of evidence: https://web.archive.org/web/20010701000000*/http://www.dallasnews.com/specials/waco Reviews: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-waco-still-one-contention-180968002/ https://www.bustle.com/p/how-accurate-is-waco-david-koresh-the-branch-davidians-are-the-subject-of-a-new-compelling-miniseries-7994282 https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/01/waco-paramount-david-koresh/551330/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through
2017 was a weird year for historical films. There were some really good ones this year, but also some pretty bad ones. I haven’t seen them all, but I think I’ve watched enough to make my list. So here is the best and worst 10 historical films of 2017. I’ll be bouncing from one to the other. ------------------------------------------------------------ Since I'm not planning episodes for them, here are the references for Marston and the Wonder Women: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/what-professor-marston-misses-wonder-womans-origins-guest-column-1049868 https://www.forbes.com/sites/robsalkowitz/2017/10/16/wonder-women-biopic-fails-lasso-of-truth-test-says-creators-granddaughter/#637b263f70ba https://www.bustle.com/p/how-accurate-professor-marston-the-wonder-women-is-might-shock-you-2890527 https://filmschoolrejects.com/much-professor-marston-wonder-women-actually-happened/ http://sciencefiction.com/2017/10/18/william-moulton-marstons-granddaughter-launches-lassothetruth-protest-professor-marston-wonder-women/ http://comicbook.com/dc/2017/10/15/professor-marston-and-the-wonder-women-plot-true-story/ http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/angela-robinson-professor-marston-queer-characters.html The Verge being reprehensibly spurious: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/16/16481692/wonder-woman-professor-marston-homophobia-history-sexuality-real-life-vs-fiction and for Marshall: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/marshall/ https://www.bustle.com/p/how-accurate-is-marshall-the-courtroom-drama-takes-on-a-historic-battle-2890505 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/true-story-marshall-how-accurate-are-characters-1045495 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-behind-marshall-180965148/ http://time.com/4972645/marshall-movie-true-story/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support
Check out Grant's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKjJx2CLyo The Unitarians were once one of, if not the most politically powerful sect in America. Thomas Jefferson had said, “I confidently expect that the present generation will see Unitarianism become the general religion of the United States.” Almost a century later, one Unitarian minister was called “The Preacher Who Saved the Nation.” I thought, how could this weird group that was more concerned with teaching other religions than its own history have come from such an exalted position? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Dorn, Jacob H. “The Social Gospel and Socialism: A Comparison of the Thought of Francis Greenwood Peabody, Washington Gladden, and Walter Rauschenbusch.” Church History 62, No. 1 (March 1993): 82-100. Greenwood, Andrea and Mark W. Harris. An Introduction to the Unitarian and Universalist Traditions. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011. https://amzn.to/2uWsb8J Harris, Mark W. The A to Z of Unitarian Universalism. Lanham, Mar.: The Scarecrow Press, 2003. https://amzn.to/2LA7rO6 Macaulay, John A. “Tree Stump or ‘Treason?’ Unitarians Debate the Role of the Pulpit in the Age of Reform.” Journal of Church and State 57, Is.3 (Summer 2015): 487-506. Sutton, Ian. “Unitarians and the Construction of History and Biography, 1740–1820.” The English Historical Review 125, No. 513 (April, 2010): 314-339. Vaca, Daniel. “‘Great Religions’ as Peacemaker: What Unitarian Infighting Did for Comparative Religion.” History of Religions 53, No. 2 (November 2013): 115-150. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT:
Check out Grant's video: https://youtu.be/xgKjJx2CLyo Here is mine: https://youtu.be/5B8vgdS8ikU This is a comments response to the Unitarian and Lutheran episodes Grant and I released last week. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
I went down another research rabbit-hole. This time I wanted to find out the contextual meaning of stars on filibuster flags. This one went really deep, I mean 1000s of years deep. So I decided to record what I was finding, and it was quite a ride. What do stars on flags mean anyways? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(heraldry) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=lljc&fileName=008/lljc008.db&recNum=90 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_West_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciso_L%C3%B3pez ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: In the design of modern flags, stars (mullets, usually five-pointed) when standing alone often represent concepts like "unity" or "independence", in the case of the communist star of the flag of the Soviet Union and other communist states the unity of the Communist Party.[citation needed] When arranged in groups, they often enumerate provinces or other components of the nation (such as ethnic groups). In the flags of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, this enumeration is done by the points of a single star rather than by a number of stars.[citation needed] Some flags of countries on the southern hemisphere show a depiction of the Southern Cross consisting o
Today let's talk about Marxist historians. Edward Palmer Thompson makes perhaps the best introduction to the realm of Marxist history. His work on the English Labor Class, allows for a better understanding of the Marxist project, and how understanding class consciousness can lead to revolution. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Beard, Charles. “Written History as an act of Faith.” The American Historical Review 39, no. 2 (January 1934), 219-231. Marx, Karl. The Essential Marx. ed. Leon Trotsky, abridgment of Das Kapital, Vol. I. 1939; Mineola, N.York: Dover Publications, 2006. https://amzn.to/2MWygco Thompson, E.P. “The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the Eighteenth Century.” Past and Present, No. 50 (Feb., 1971), 76-136. Thompson, E.P. The Making of the English Working Class. New York: Pantheon Books, 1963. https://amzn.to/2KFSESC Special thanks to Dr. Colleen Hall-Patton for proofreading the script for this episode. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993), usually cited as E. P. Thompson, was a British historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963).[1] He also published influential biographies of William Morris (1955) and (posthumously) William Blake (1993)
Veterans’ part in American history has been more important than you would typically think, and I’m not talking about their time during war. That’s military history. It’s when they return, what veterans have done to shape this country. In so many ways, our issues have driven substantial change. It is a crazy complex story, and I can only briefly cover it here in two parts. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ortiz, Stephen R. ed. Veterans’ Policies, Veterans’ Politics: New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. https://amzn.to/2OoZbiM Rostker, Bernard. Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II. Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND Corporation, 2013. https://amzn.to/2LTJe2f Szatmary, David P. Shays’ Rebellion: The Making of an Agrarian Insurrection. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. https://amzn.to/2K45OmZ Williams, Tony. America’s Beginnings: The Dramatic Events that Shaped a Nation’s Character. Lanham, Mar.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. https://amzn.to/2OqSSen Kruse, Kevin M. and Stephen Tuck. Fog of War: The Second World War and the Civil Rights Movement. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/2K5hTbF Ortiz, Stephen R. ed. Veterans’ Policies, Veterans’ Politics: New Perspectives on Veterans in the Modern United States. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2012. https://amzn.to/2OoZbiM Rostker, Bernard. I Want You!: The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force. Santa Monica, Cal.: The RAND corporation, 2006. https://amzn.to/2LTJ5vJ Rostker, Bernard. Providing for the Casualties of War: The American Experience through World War II. Santa Monica, Cal.: RAND Corporation, 2013. https://amzn.to/2LTJe2f Scott, Lawrence P. and William M. Womack Sr. Double V: The Civil Rights Struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen. East Lansing: Mich
Joining me today will be Jack Rackam, Mr. Beat, MrBettsClass, Potential History, EmperorTigerstar, and Stefan Milo. Check out their channels in the links below. We are going to be discussing the end of WWI and what that means to us 100 years later. ------------------------------------------------------------ Check out their channels: EmperorTigerstar: https://www.youtube.com/user/EmperorTigerstar Jack Rackam: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQzyr4MWn1b9W4TdpxxeKw Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat MrBettsClass: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBettsClass Potential History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU22SYUm7Z1COjASmmQG1aA Stefan Milo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ9jWH_8tJ-Nmaj8dSQdEYA ------------------------------------------------------------ In light of my veterans history video being demonetized, all proceeds from this stream will go to home for our troops: https://www.hfotusa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their opponent, Germany. Previous armistices had eliminated Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the war. Also known as the Armistice of Compiègne from the place where it was signed, it came into force at 11 a.m. Paris time on 11 November 1918 ("the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month") and marked a victory
Everyone has been talking about the historical accuracy of the upcoming game, Battlefield 5. Most of it has centered around a woman. Let's talk about why this is actually a fairly silly thing to complain about and the role many women took in WWII. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: D’Ann Campbell, "Women in the American Military," A Companion to American Military History, vol.1, James C. Bradford, ed. (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2010), 869-879. https://amzn.to/2RRAdKL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_World_War_II https://explorethearchive.com/6-incredible-female-spies-of-world-war-ii https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/allied-world-war-2-female-spy-movies ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The announcement trailer was met with a backlash from fans of the series who criticized the game for a lack of historical accuracy and authenticity. Complaints were given to the use of certain weapons, prosthetics, and body art as being very uncommon in that time period.[13] Some fans were also frustrated with the portrayal of women in the game, specifically with the British woman featured in the trailer since British women never participated in frontline combat and were mostly relegated to supporting roles.[14] Although acknowledging that British women were rarely on the frontline, critics have responded that female soldiers did participate in World War II highlighting real-life examp
The Greatest Showman is just weird. I can’t hate it, like some critics who appallingly misrepresent the problems of this film, but even my musical-loving self can’t completely ignore them. PT Barnum simply does not yield the story we got here, which is too bad, because the old huckster deserves a good adaptation. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: PT Barnum, Barnum’s American Museum Museum Illustrated (New York: Norden and Leslie, 1850). https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2014gen34181/?sp=1&r=0.231,1.15,0.685,0.404,0 PT Barnum, The Humbugs of the World: An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages (New York: Carleton Publisher, 1866). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26640/26640-h/26640-h.htm PT Barnum, Life of PT Barnum: Written by Himself (Buffalo, N.York: The Courier Company, 1888). https://archive.org/details/lifeofptbarnum00barn PT Barnum, Struggles and Triumphs: Forty Years’ Recollections of PT Barnum (Buffalo, NY: Warren Johnson & Co., 1872) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50115/50115-h/50115-h.htm Historical newspapers can be found on: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ Connecticut Digital Archive, PT Barnum Collections: https://collections.ctdigitalarchive.org/islandora/object/60002%3APTBarnumDigitalCollection http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/greatest-showman/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pt-barnum-greatest-humbug-them-all-180967634/ https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-inaccuracies-in-the-greatest-showman/setareh-janda https://www.ranker.com/list/human-attractions-pt-barnum-freak-show/melissa-sartore?ref=collections_btm&l=2668614&collectionId=2160 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or
Participant observation is a strange thing for a historian to talk about. Normally it is something that anthropologists think of. But there is a deeper problem to probe here: Should a historian have some sort of personal experience in the thing that they are talking about? If yes, then how does that not demean the historian who does have such an experience? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Jacoby, Karl. Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History. New York: Penguin Books, 2008. https://amzn.to/2u695x2 Brown, Richard Maxwell. Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. https://amzn.to/2KXI5Xb Brown, Richard Maxwell. No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. https://amzn.to/2zldrFz Slotkin, Richard. Regeneration through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. https://amzn.to/2KIdn8n Slotkin, Richard. The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800-1890. New York: Atheneum Books, 1985. https://amzn.to/2lZiHoO Slotkin, Richard. Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America. New York: Atheneum Books, 1992. https://amzn.to/2KX0jI2 Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Broadway Books, 2017. https://amzn.to/2u9ZV1G Ball, Durwood. Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. https://amzn.to/2m06NLB Ball, Larry D. The United States Marshals of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1978. https://amzn.to/2u39ArX Ball, Larry D. Desert Lawmen: The High Sh
With all of our talk of putting yourself in their shoes and walking a mile in them, what happens when we are held accountable for our ideals? We all too easily accuse people of atrocity; but can we envision their side of the story? To understand those we depict is our greatest calling. Can we put our feet to the flames and still stand? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Jacoby, Karl. Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History. New York: Penguin Books, 2008. https://amzn.to/2u695x2 Sonnichsen, Charles Leland. Ambidextrous Historian: History Writers and Writing in the American West. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1981. https://amzn.to/2zk49K4 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #SympathyForTheDevil #History #Ambiguity #Historians #Revisionism
It is the end of the semester, and I'm done with schoolwork. Also, the channel passed 75k subscribers awhile ago. Now I'm working on more episodes for the next 5 months, so let's talk about all of that. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The 15:17 to Paris is ashewing for the most accurate movie of the year. This movie is incredible, but for one obvious reason. Clint Eastwood, the director, just straight up hired the actual people involved as actors. Yeah, the top billing for this movie are the actual main characters. They wrote a book together, so that might’ve been more of a basis, but they also always could give their own testimonials while filming. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/15-17-to-paris/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/02/07/how-accurate-heroic-terrorist-fight-clint-eastwood-15-17-paris/309706002/ https://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/how-accurate-is-the-1517-to-paris https://www.bustle.com/p/how-accurate-is-the-1517-to-paris-theres-a-wild-reason-the-drama-feels-so-real-8124135 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The 15:17 to Paris is a 2018 American Action biographical drama film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Dorothy Blyskal, based on the autobiography The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes by Jeffrey E. Stern, Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos. The film stars Stone, Sadler, and Skarlatos as themselves and follows the trio as they stop the 2015 Thalys train attack; Judy Greer and Jenna Fischer also star. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #History #The1517T
The Wright Brothers weren’t the inventors of flight, but part in a long process of iterative technological development. That process is so convoluted that we should have trouble saying who was the inventor. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Gordon, Arthur. American Heritage History of Flight. US: New Word City, Inc. 2015. https://amzn.to/2N6BZ7A Douglas, Deborah G. “The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age.” Technology and Culture 45, No. 2 (April 2004), 363-367. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aviation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_flying_machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_lamp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-lifting_kite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo-copter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/g1096/a-brief-history-of-the-lightbulb/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Early flying machines include all forms of aircraft studied or constructed before the development of the modern aeroplane by 1910. The story of modern flight begins more than a century before the first successful manned aeroplane, and the earliest aircraft thousands of years before. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #flight #innovation
Thanks Scribd for Sponsoring this video. Check them out here: https://www.influencerlink.org/SHGi I get to talk about the Special Forces today, but not in the way you see it in Call of Duty. No we’re talking about the history, and it is far more interesting than COD could ever portray. It’s cool stuff, but as a result, today’s movie has been rather battered about in the media. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Doug Stanton, 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers (New York: Scribner, 2009). https://www.influencerlink.org/SHGi US Army Combined Arms Center, A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2001-September 2005 (Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute Press, 2010). http://www.dodlive.mil/2018/01/18/dod-advises-on-12-strong-gives-take-on-movies-accuracy/ http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/12-strong/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the Green Berets due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism. The first two emphasize language, cultural, and training skills in working with foreign troops. Other duties include combat
This is a book review of Ned Blackhawk's book; Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West. It is one of my favorite books. Since I'm starting this book review series, I figured I'd start with one I really liked. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Blackhawk, Ned. Violence over the Land: Indians and Empires in the Early American West. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006. https://amzn.to/2nD1oL8 Brown, Richard Maxwell. Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1975. https://amzn.to/2KXI5Xb Brown, Richard Maxwell. No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. https://amzn.to/2zldrFz Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1970. https://amzn.to/2vJHe6B ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: American Indians remain familiar as icons, yet poorly understood as historical agents. In this ambitious book that ranges across Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and eastern California (a region known as the Great Basin), Ned Blackhawk places Native peoples squarely at the center of a dynamic and complex story as he chronicles two centuries of Indian and imperial history that profoundly shaped the American West. On the distant margins of empire, Great Basin Indians increasingly
Novitiate is a tidy little story. It’s fictitious of course, but it fits the oral histories I’ve read about the period. It also delves into the problems of the time, with physical penance, cloisterestration, and other issues. This an excellent exploration of the changes that Vatican II wrought. Check it out if you can. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: McDannell, Colleen. The Spirit of Vatican II: A History of Catholic Reform in America. New York: Basic Books, 2011. https://amzn.to/2uXXqAN Rogers, Carole Garibaldi. Habits of Change: An Oral History of American Nuns. 2nd Ed. 1996; Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2011. https://amzn.to/2Oppcyy https://www.npr.org/2012/10/10/162650803/sisters-and-vatican-ii-a-generational-tug-of-war https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/10/26/16545378/novitiate-review-maggie-betts-melissa-leo-margaret-qualley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Novitiate is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Maggie Betts. Starring Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Morgan Saylor, Dianna Agron, Julianne Nicholson, Liana Liberato, Denis O'Hare, and Maddie Hasson, the film follows a young woman (Qualley) who starts to question her faith as she trains to become a nun. The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the Second Vatican Council or Vatican II, addressed relations between the Ca
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee is trying to do a lot of things. It is a powerful interpretation of the American Indian assimilation policy, but it has its problems. This was a difficult movie to review, because I’m a Western historian, and I know just how sensitive a topic this is. The book it's based on, authored by Dee Brown, was instrumental in destroying the orthodox view of Western history. ------------------------------------------------------------ I made that documentary about the death of the Western genre: https://youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClM ------------------------------------------------------------ references: On the use of the term American Indian, see The Chicago Manual of Style, 8.37. -CMS is the standard for the historical field. Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002), 241-245, 304-09, 320-24, 332-34. https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1970). https://amzn.to/2vJHe6B Donald Fixico, “Federal and State Policies and American Indians,” A Companion to American Indian History, Philip J. Deloria and Neal Salisbury eds. (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002), 379-396. https://amzn.to/2D4wTra K. Tsianina Lomawaima, “American Indian Education: By Indians versus for Indians,” A Companion to American Indian History, Philip J. Deloria and Neal Salisbury eds. (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002), 422-440. https://amzn.to/2D4wTra Walter L. Williams, “The United States Indian Policy and the Debate over Philippine Annexation: Implications for the Origins of American Imperialism,” Journal of American History 66, no. 4 (March 1980): 810-831. Elliot West, The Contested Plains: Indians, Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1988). https://amzn.to/2RRfV32 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.c
How much agency should we give to historical characters? Are people automatons or completely rational actors? Does everyone behave with full willpower, or are just going through the routine? ------------------------------------------------------------ references, by order shown: Thomas Andrews, Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008). https://amzn.to/2RzfdIj Julian Baggini and Peter S. Fosl, The Philosopher’s Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2010). https://amzn.to/2ypBBuU Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt, History Wars: The Enola Gay and other Battles for the American Past (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996). https://amzn.to/2pHmglK George F. Kennan, The Decision to Intervene: Soviet American Relations, 1917-1920, Volume II (Princeton, N.Jer.: Princeton University Press, 1956). https://amzn.to/2vGXzZO E.M. Halliday, The Ignorant Armies (New York: Bantam, 1958). https://amzn.to/2OzcWuD Dee Brown, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1970). https://amzn.to/2vJHe6B ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Agency is the capacity of an actor to act in a given environment. The capacity to act does not at first imply a specific moral dimension to the ability to make the choice to act, and moral agency is therefore a distinct concept. In sociology, an agent is an i
Check out the full collaboration playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4kqG-CL4ToARSQlWqu6jRzeEnbFAQCkB Up until the 19th century, the Bronze Age was merely a time of legends, where the Bible and Iliad told fantastic tales of brutality and triumph. But archeology changed that, and that’s what I want to talk about today, how the Bronze Age was rescued from legend. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Stephen L. Dyson, “Archaeology and Ancient History,” in A Companion to Ancient History, edited by Andrew Erskine (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), 59-66. https://amzn.to/2PCf04X Marie-Henriette Gates, “Archeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits,” in A Companion to the Ancient Near East, edited by Daniel C. Snell (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2005), 65-79. https://amzn.to/2BrsBqO Alan B. Lloyd, “Chronology,” in A Companion to Ancient Egypt, vol. 1, edited by Alan B. Lloyd (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2010), xxxii-xliii. https://amzn.to/2LqGZnM John Marincola, “Historiography,” in A Companion to Ancient History, edited by Andrew Erskine (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), 13-22. https://amzn.to/2PCf04X John Van Seters, “Historiography in Ancient Israel,” in A Companion to Western Historical Thought, edited by Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), 15-34. https://amzn.to/2PAC5Vz Tim Whitmarsh, “Ancient History through Ancient Literature,” in A Companion to Ancient History, edited by Andrew Erskine (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), 77-86. https://amzn.to/2PCf04X ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian
This was originally a workshop that I gave at my history department. It is about the scholarly value of doing history on YouTube, the problems of doing so, and how it is done. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #YouTube
Feminism has a deep history that reactionaries ignore for the sake of hate-filled clickbait. If you choose to understand, you may actually benefit. But to actually understand feminism, much like anything, you have to understand its history. The problem is, it’s kinda disjointed. We have general terms for the movements of feminism, but they are only applied retroactively. Check out StepBack's video: https://youtu.be/UhbFKJqGEQA ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Linda Kealey, “North America from North of the 49th Parallel,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 492-512. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Joan W. Scott, Gender and the Politics of History, Rev. Ed. (1988; New York: Columbia University Press, 1999). https://amzn.to/2S4WPa0 Joan W. Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,” The American Historical Review 91, no. 5 (December 1986): 1053-1075. Barbara Winslow, “Feminist Movements: Gender and Sexual Equality,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 186-210. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Deborah Valenze, “Gender in the Formation of European Power, 1750-1914,” in A Companion to Gender History, edited by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (New York: Blackwell Publishing, 2004), 459-476. https://amzn.to/2BjoU6g Joshua Zeitz, Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/2S24TbB Maggie Humm, The Dictionary of Feminist Theory (Ohio State Univ. Press. 1995). https://amzn.to/2IlGSvF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protofeminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-wave_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second-wave_feminism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thir
Ginzberg explores a 16th century Italian miller’s heretical beliefs. That’s all it is, but it goes fascinatingly in-depth. The miller, by the name of Domenico Scandella or simply Menocchio, possessed a surprisingly silly theology. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Carlo Ginzburg, The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller, translated by John Tedeschi and Anne Tedeschi, New Ed. (1976; London, UK: Penguin Books Ltd, 1982). https://amzn.to/2SQnoj1 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Cheese and the Worms (Italian: Il formaggio e i vermi) is a scholarly work by the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg. The book is a notable example of cultural history, the history of mentalities and microhistory.[citation needed] The book examines the beliefs and world-view of Menocchio (1532–1599), also known as Domenico Scandella, who was an Italian miller from the village of Montereale, twenty-five kilometers north of Pordenone. His philosophical teachings earned him the title of a heresiarch during the Inquisition and he was eventually burned at the stake in 1599, at the age of 67, on orders of Pope Clement VIII ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #Menocchio #microhistory #Ginzburg #Review #history
I was excited to watch this movie. To prepare for it, I listened to an audiobook of the thing it was based on. That was a memoire, and the person reading the book for the audiobook was the actual author. He even has some jabs and asides that I’m pretty sure weren’t in the actual book. And that whole thing made it seem like this was going to be a rather funny heist film, but it is oddly inaccurate. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime: A Memoir (Macmillan Audio, 2018), audiobook, narrated by Ron Stallworth. “How The Real-Life Detective From 'BlacKkKlansman' Infiltrated The KKK,” Business Insider, YouTube: https://youtu.be/jWd3PXaR3GY. http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/blackkklansman/ https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/aug/30/fact-checking-spike-lees-blackkklansman/ https://www.thewrap.com/blackkklansman-fact-check-how-close-is-spike-lees-film-to-the-incredible-true-story/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: BlacKkKlansman is a 2018 American biographical crime film directed by Spike Lee and written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Lee, based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. The film stars John David Washington as Stallworth, along with Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, and Topher Grace. Set in 1970s Colorado Springs, the plot follows the first African-American detective in the city's police department as he sets out to infiltrate an
West Virginia began as part of Virginia. It left in one of the most tumultuous breakups in American history, leaving a rivalry in its wake. Independence was hard won for West Virginia. Check out Mr. Beat's video on OH vs MI: https://youtu.be/si_IUBEVRFY ------------------------------------------------------------ references: David R. Zimring, “‘Secession in Favor of the Constitution’: How West Virginia Justified Separate Statehood during the Civil War,” West Virginia History, New Series 3, No. 2 (Fall 2009), 23-51. Scott A. MacKenzie, “Voting with Their Arms: Civil War Military Enlistments and the Formation of West Virginia, 1861–1865,” Ohio Valley History 17, No. 2 (Summer 2017), 25-45. Lon Savage, Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21 (Pittsburgh, Penn.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1986). https://amzn.to/2M95Cpi ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian Or buy some merch: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian Special thanks for Teh Geek Life in making that new design: https://www.facebook.com/TehGeekLife/ LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia), in which it became the only state to declare its independence from the Confederacy. In the summer of 1861, Union troops, which included a number of newly-formed Western Virginia regiments, under General George McClellan, drove off Confederate troops under General Robert E. Lee. This essentially freed Unionists in the
I was surprised by how much of an outright lie American Made is. In fact, it is basically a conspiracy theory. That is the worst thing a film can be: It pushes a narrative founded on denying evidence. For its conspiracism, I placed as the worst history film of 2017. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Kathryn Olmsted, Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009). https://amzn.to/2unDgjI http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2017/09/29/what_s_fact_and_what_s_fiction_in_american_made.html https://www.bustle.com/p/how-accurate-is-american-made-tom-cruises-new-movie-plays-by-its-own-rules-2479997 http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/american-made/ http://time.com/4958361/american-made-movie-true-story/ https://fair.org/home/american-made-a-largely-true-story-with-some-not-so-fun-lies/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: American Made is a 2017 American biographical crime film directed by Doug Liman, written by Gary Spinelli, and starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Alejandro Edda, Mauricio Mejía, Caleb Landry Jones, and Jesse Plemons.[3] The plot focuses on Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who flew missions for the CIA, and became a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the 1980s.[4] In order to avoid jail time, Seal became an informant for the DEA.[4] ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #AmericanMade #BarrySeal #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Today, I’m going to talk about some actual American conspiracies, and how they were found out. You’ll notice that none of them were thwarted by conspiracists. None were found out by conspiracists. And none were proven by conspiracists. That is not how investigation works, because you can’t investigate something while denying what you are investigating. So let’s look at the reality of conspiracies in the US, and prove that conspiracy theorists have done nothing but harm to the world. Now this is not exhaustive, but it should be enough to be revealing of the reality of conspiracies and how they are discovered. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Andrea G. Hunter and Alethea Rollins, “We Made History: Collective Memory and the Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen,” Journal of Social Issues 71, No. 2 (2015): 264-278. Buckner F. Meton, Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2002). https://amzn.to/2RUbGIi Kathryn Olmsted, Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11 (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2009). https://amzn.to/2unDgjI López, Fernando. The Feathers of Condor: Transnational State Terrorism, Exiles and Civilian Anticommunism in South America. Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2016. https://amzn.to/2FW04M9 Marc L. Harris, “The Meaning of Patriot: The Canadian Rebellion and American Republicanism, 1837-1839,” Michigan Historical Review 23, No. 1 (Spring, 1997): 33-69. An archive of the Church Committee, which found many CIA abuses: http://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/church/reports/contents.htm FOIAed documentation on MK Ultra: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/search/site/mk%20ultra FOIAed documentation on Operation Condor: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/search/site/operation%20condor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newburgh_Conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia
I'm going to be taking a break, so I wanted to leave you guys with some channels to check out while I'm away. ------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat Step Back History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxTdWpLJurbGlFMWOwXWG_A The Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyuAKnN3g2fZ7_R9irgEUZQ The Casual Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/GrantGHurst Plainly Difficult: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0MyY46T9ZYOzDHkYnIoXg EmperorTigerstar: https://www.youtube.com/user/EmperorTigerstar Alternate History Hub: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlternateHistoryHub Jabzy: https://www.youtube.com/user/JabzyJoe Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA KhAnubis: https://www.youtube.com/user/tobirates Alliterative: https://www.youtube.com/user/Alliterative Stefan Milo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ9jWH_8tJ-Nmaj8dSQdEYA Historically Un-Historical: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4BuuD0jKJgummKF2kZ2DvQ House of History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvbQ_ZRQ0EH6qVYQ9ApXCw Al Muqaddimah: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0O2efB4K66UUaT7QJPVNA ReligionForBreakfast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCct9aR7HC79Cv2g-9oDOTLw M.Laser: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JWw2juO3Ikj5C9VsNoGIw Jack Rackam: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaQzyr4MWn1b9W4TdpxxeKw ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history
There are many things that annoy historians, but here are least 12 of them and why they do so. Since I can only put 5 info-cards, here are the videos referenced: 6:05 - https://youtu.be/c1TeVr_GU8I 9:20 - https://youtu.be/OwmDfn95Sq8 10:40 - https://youtu.be/ZMh1b6e-NKU 11:30 - https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A 14:25 - https://youtu.be/C9D7lmkqO3I 16:55 - https://youtu.be/VhEcfM0-E9M 17:05 - https://youtu.be/R1FO9MqWugY 19:40 - https://youtu.be/C2qtK184axc 22:55 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWS-H7U62SqWWEA-y2eqzoQ 23:50 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWS-H7U62SqWWEA-y2eqzoQ 24:20 - https://amzn.to/2Ef5SAG 26:30 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS 27:30 - https://youtu.be/Mu9-5n0vpGs 28:55 - https://archive.org/details/AppropriatingLegitimacyV2 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, rev. Ed. (1983; London, UK: Verso, 2006). https://amzn.to/2uGcZNm Sven Beckert, "History of American Capitalism," in American History Now, edited by Eric Foner and Lisa McGirr (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011), 314-335. https://amzn.to/2TVfzK8 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ List: 12) 1-dimensional characterization 11) "History is boring" 10) judging with modernity 9) The Holy Trinity of US History 8) "newer is better" 7)
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Go to https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian for 30-days free, using the promo code: cynicalhistorian There are some inaccuracies that may somewhat affect the story, but it would be unfair to criticize movies for doing. It’s one thing to complain about a film misrepresenting its subject matter, and quite another to complain about something that doesn’t affect it. This shows us something about how the medium we are telling stories in affect the history we portray. So that’s what I want to talk about today, what forgivable inaccuracies should we expect from a film? ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Mintz, Steven and Randy Roberts, eds. Hollywood’s America: United States History Through its Films. St. James, N.York: Brandywine Press, 1993. https://amzn.to/2tZIoJT Hughes-Warrington, Marnie, editor. The History on Film Reader. Oxon, UK: Routledge, 2009. https://amzn.to/2VMVvKD ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Historicity is the historical actuality of persons and events, meaning the quality of being part of history as opposed to being a historical myth, legend, or fiction. Historicity focuses on the true value of knowledge claims about the past (denoting historical actuality, authenticity, and factuality). The historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #BasedonaTrueStory #Accuracy
There are many types of history, and one batch of categories determines what the expected audience will be. Scholarly history only tries to talk to scholars. Pop history is only concerned with being popular. And public is somewhere in between. I hope I am that third category. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Paul Andrew Hutton, The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History (New York: Broadway Books, 2017). https://amzn.to/2u9ZV1G Patricia Nelson Limerick, The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West (New York: W. W. Norton, 1987). https://amzn.to/2WEFTcA Carl L. Becker, “Everyman His Own Historian.” American Historical Review 37, no. 2 (29 December 1931): 221-36. https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/presidential-addresses/carl-l-becker ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #PopHistory #PublicHistory
Going to livestream some about the break I've been taking, progress on the channel, and some general announcements. Then I'll be answering some questions for the remainder. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Historians have debated whether the American Revolution was a revolution at all. There is a long historiography covering this, but we can potentially rephrase the question altogether and see how revolutionary 1776 actually was. Here is the ProjectRevolution playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0MwcDYjQCaNWvMbxAcLoTxvqOxfC24MW ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Armitage, David. “The Declaration of Independence and International Law.” The William and Mary Quarterly 59, No. 1 (Jan., 2002), 39-64. Greene, Jack P. and J.R. Pole. “Introduction.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. xiii-xvi. https://amzn.to/2VMs4s0 Hattem, Michael D. “The Historiography of the American Revolution.” Journal of the American Revolution (27 August 2013), accessed 8 March 2019: https://allthingsliberty.com/2013/08/historiography-of-american-revolution/. Kramnick, Isaac. “Ideological Background.” A Companion to the American Revolution, eds. Jack P. Greene and J.R. Pole. New York: Blackwell Publishers, 2000. 88-94. https://amzn.to/2VMs4s0 Morgan, Gwenda. The Debate on the American Revolution. Manchester, N.York: Manchester University Press, 2007. https://amzn.to/2UqMLcB Schocket, Andrew M. Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution. New York: New York University Press, 2015. https://amzn.to/2NQV7b3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Historiography is, essentially, the hist
First Man is enigmatic and procedural, rather than bombastic and triumphal, which may have scared some moviegoers and critics. It tackles tougher questions than any previous film, and does so with all the ambiguity it can muster, so I get why it wasn’t a huge success. But ambiguity is desperately needed in Hollywood, especially with over-glorified history such as this. Neil Armstrong, the main character, was perfectly suited to this kind of storytelling. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: James R. Hansen, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005). http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/first-man/ https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/first-man-fact-vs-fiction-neil-armstrong-movie-daughter-bracelet.html https://www.popsci.com/first-man-accuracy NASA’s cultural resource page for Apollo 11: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/images11.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: First Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle and written by Josh Singer. Based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen, the film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong, alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Abbott, Patrick Fugit, and Lukas Haas, and follows the years leading up to the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon in 1969. Steven Spielberg serves as an executive producer. Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautic
Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://skl.sh/thecynicalhistorian to get a 2-month free trial. Chernobyl seemed sooo good. Plus HBO has a stellar record. This was engrossing procedural drama, my kind of faire. This show definitely propounds some harmful myths. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2019/06/06/why-hbos-chernobyl-gets-nuclear-so-wrong https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-hbos-chernobyl-got-right-and-what-it-got-terribly-wrong https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48580177 https://www.businessinsider.com/chernobyl-hbo-whats-true-myths-2019-5 Good general primer on Soviet history, with useful primary sources: http://soviethistory.msu.edu/ Thanks to Tom R. Trice for pointing me to the Gorbachev part of this story. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Chernobyl is a historical drama television miniseries created and written by Craig Mazin, and directed by Johan Renck. The series was produced by HBO in association with Sky UK, depicting the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 and the unprecedented cleanup efforts that followed. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, and Paul Ritter. The series premiered in the United States and the United Kingdom on May 6–7, 2019, and was acclaimed by critics. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #Chernobyl #HBO #review #BasedOnATrueStory
Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://skl.sh/thecynicalhistorian2 to get a 2-month free trial. It's been awhile since the last time I made one of these, so let's talk about some mistakes I've made in previous videos, how they came to be, and what their impact is - plus a healthy dose of how to find out if I made them for future episodes Videos covered: 1:50 - https://youtu.be/Ek88jgEsXgA 4:15 - https://youtu.be/iFM8X1q4AyE 6:20 - https://youtu.be/fYK-24D2oHU 8:15 - https://youtu.be/IK-Qechh_Ec 11:20 - https://youtu.be/l_6IFAcH7N8 14:40 - https://youtu.be/_V38FMfOE9I 16:30 - https://youtu.be/natx2c0kkXs ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
After a long hiatus, here is the return of the History of California series. For those who haven't seen the previous episodes, here's the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru Today we're going over the history of transcontinental railroads, monopolistic practices, and crude oil production in California. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: eds. Richard Francaviglia and David Narrett, Essays on the Changing Images of the Southwest (Arlington: University of Texas at Arlington, 1994). https://amzn.to/2JwNiHk William H. Goetzmann, Army Exploration in the American West, 1803-1863, new ed. (1959; Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1979). https://amzn.to/2K8tslY Paul Sabin, Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005). https://amzn.to/2W16gtt Jules Tygiel, The Great Los Angeles Swindle: Oil, Stocks, and Scandal During the Roaring Twenties (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). https://amzn.to/2ASH7Z0 Richard White, Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America (New York: W.W. Norton, 2011). https://amzn.to/2zkURO3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The history of the Southern Pacific stretches from 1865 to 1998. For the main page, see Southern Pacific Transportation Company; for the former holding company, see Southern Pacific Rail Corporation. The Southern Pacific was represented by three railroads. The original company was called Southern Pacific
Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://skl.sh/thecynicalhistorian3 to get a 2-month free trial. Mary Queen of Scots is a story that’s been told basically too often. This rendition is pretty admirable, especially in comparison to others. That being said, because of the amount of times this story has been told, it’s fairly difficult to suss out the reality of her biography. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Andrew Bretz, “Imposing Romance: Cinematic Representations of Lady Jane Grey and Mary, Queen of Scots,” Early Modern Women 10, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 111-114. John Guy, Mary Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart (New York: Mifflin Company, 2004). http://theconversation.com/mary-queen-of-scots-dont-worry-about-movie-accuracy-historians-cant-agree-on-who-she-really-was-either-109993 https://www.historyextra.com/period/stuart/mary-queen-scots-real-history-film-movie-husbands-meeting-elizabeth-cousin/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Mary Queen of Scots is a 2018 historical drama film directed by Josie Rourke and written by Beau Willimon, based on John Guy's biography Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen of Scots and Margot Robbie as her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, and chronicles the 1569 conflict between their two countries. Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, David Tennant, Gemma Chan, and Guy Pearce also star in supporting roles. Mary I of Scotland, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.Ma
Ever heard, "They should make that a movie?" Well, today let's talk about what makes for a good history film, and some possible topics for Hollywood to do, at least if they are creative enough for the task. Some videos mentioned in this one: good movies playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVanQ0TEpWocHPIvP-qaui0 EP Thompson's marxist history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igb9f_cSRBk The Cheese and the Worms review and microhistory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMYp7_4mycM Small Conflicts of the USA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oGJ784mf_M ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Myron Angel, History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers (Oakland, Cal.: Thompson & West, 1883). https://archive.org/details/historyofsanluis00ange ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #movies #BasedOnATrueStory
Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://skl.sh/thecynicalhistorian4 to get a 2-month free trial George Roy Hill and William Goldman, the director and writer, were more concerned with what they could do within the stories of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and managed to make a pretty good movie despite the inaccuracies ------------------------------------------------------------ I made that documentary about the death of the Western genre: https://youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClM ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Jeremy Agnew, The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood (Jefferson, N.Car.: McFarland and Company, 2012), 119-121. https://amzn.to/2CdEPo2 Thom Hatch, The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (New York: New American Library, 2013), audiobook. https://amzn.to/2XOnGdO Frank Richard Prassel, The Great American Outlaw: A Legacy of Fact and Fiction (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993), 312-315. https://amzn.to/2ET2Xge Richard Slotkin, Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America (New York: Atheneum Books, 1992), 591-592. https://amzn.to/2KX0jI2 http://historyonfilm.com/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid/ https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/jul/11/butch-cassidy-sundance-kid-reel-history ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a 1969 American Western film directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman (who won the Aca
The phrase "making it into history" comes up a lot. While there are some decidedly awful ideas that supports, there is a deeper issue that people who say "history is written by the victors" are trying to get at in their naive way - which is Survivor Bias. Videos referenced: 3:05 - Agency in History: https://youtu.be/87ILdLBZE4o 5:30 - EP Thompson: https://youtu.be/Igb9f_cSRBk 11:50 - Pragmatism: https://youtu.be/fqPAnFfPJuk 13:55 - Orthodoxy, Revisionism, and Postrevisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Peter Gunn, History and Cultural Theory (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). https://amzn.to/2uWmK9F Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., A Companion to Western Historical Thought (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). https://amzn.to/2LhuzSf The works of Antonio Gramsci, many written as letters from prison: https://www.marxists.org/archive/gramsci/index.htm Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, "Can the Subaltern Speak?" in Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture, eds. Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg, reprinting (1987; Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1968). Peter Novick, That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988). https://amzn.to/2D3NM46 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #subaltern #postcolonialism
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Goto https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian to get a 30-day free trial. I was simply happy that Vice wasn’t as bad as I expected, but it remains the worst of 2018 thus far. Some folks are fine with anything being said in the service of going after Dick Cheney, but I am certainly not that vindictive of him or anyone. Lies are lies, no matter who you are telling them about. But much like my Death of Stalin review, if I’m busting myths about a someone generally think is a bad guy, which to be clear is a dumb way of viewing history, then I’m going to be labelled as defending the man. Just you wait, people are going to be that kind of stupid about this. The funny thing is this movie could’ve easily avoided these problems if it wasn’t so vindictive to begin with, but I can understand how difficult it is to talk about Cheney’s vice-presidency. Connected videos: Death of Stalin comments response: https://youtu.be/uOX8x6bqpFQ Lambert's Vice review: https://youtu.be/F-9NwIx3wH4 ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Barton Gellman, Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency (New York: Penguin Press, 2008). “Vice, W. & 911: Portraits of President George W. Bush,” James K. Lambert, 18 February 2019, YouTube, accessed 12 June 2019: https://youtu.be/F-9NwIx3wH4 https://slate.com/culture/2018/12/vice-movie-historical-accuracy-fact-fiction.html https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/feb/08/vice-what-movie-gets-right-and-wrong/ http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/vice/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.
There is one lesson we can learn from the history of walls, from past to the present, which is quite clear. Society has changed tremendously because of walls, but that one thing remains the same. From Han advisers in the 2nd century AD, to generals during WWII, we can find that sentiment repeated: A wall is only as good as its defenders. Those defenders have changed over time. Eventually the border wall became obsolete, as inventions from within those walls destroyed their effectiveness and overruled the one fear those walls were built to defend against. But now we live in a new era of border walls. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: David Frye, Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick (New York: Scribner, 2018). https://amzn.to/2UN7KGa ------------------------------------------------------------ connected vids: 0:28 - Top 10 Border Walls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GNES9BUSoM 7:15 - Bronze Age Archaeology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSDn0HSXjgo ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #history #walls #BorderWall
The Western died in the 1970s. It went from the primary genre of Hollywood production, making almost a third of yearly movies at its peak, to a relic of a bygone era requiring revival for new productions. The Western was felled from its high-horse. What murdered it? The direct murderer does not matter, for as one Western about a mistaken murder said, “This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” The genre was fueled by the American frontier myth, which also propelled American exceptionalism. As the historical theory behind the frontier myth crumbled in the wake of great social upheaval, especially when related to the American Indian Movement, the driver of Westerns died, resulting in the Western’s demise. From 1968-75, a steady transformation in the genre happened as it struggled to maintain a grip on cultural relevance. Taking five films from the period, the content of those films shows this transformation as Westerns tried and failed to cope with the loss of the frontier myth. ------------------------------------------------------------ related episodes: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: https://youtu.be/iYu1E8idqO0 Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee: https://youtu.be/4CwNgWCSA90 The Greatest Showman: https://youtu.be/7PczCJxeXdw Hostiles: https://youtu.be/-hNPovai-2k Walker (1987): https://youtu.be/DqOC2f4zee4 The Witch (2015): https://youtu.be/BGMH-lk0SmU The Son (2017): https://youtu.be/OwmDfn95Sq8 The History of Las Vegas, Nevada: https://youtu.be/AyQtQogodYw The History of California: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru Rise of the New Left (1968): https://youtu.be/fLxPUcZKFuY The Robin Hood complex - Social banditry theory and myth making: https://youtu.be/VW_fEdrvmOI The Revenant: https://youtu.be/rxIk4_ZE0x4 Historical Orthodoxy, Revisionism, and Post-Revisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw The Frontier Thesis - Frederick Jackson Turner and American excepti
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Go to this link for a free 30-day trial: https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian Both the US and the USSR had main-battle-tanks, but something was different for the Soviets. Russia had a much wider range of armored vehicles. Why did the Soviets have so much diversity, where we still don’t have that? A YTer named RedEffect made a bad-faith criticism of this video, and here's how to understand what he did incorrectly: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/comments/ec5hjo/on_redeffects_response_video_and_badfaith/ because of the mass-flagging from his subscribers, all interactions have been disabled errata 12:15 - the USSR reactivated T-34s for specific parades, but were mostly out of service and reserves by the 1980s ------------------------------------------------------------ Be sure to check out my documentary on the end of the Western genre: https://youtu.be/x6zD1sjnClM Or check out my episode on US veterans history: https://youtu.be/ANUqaNykuRs There's also my review of Patton (1970): https://youtu.be/0kAZMZtPxZQ ------------------------------------------------------------ references: John Nicholas, Main Battle Tanks (Vero Beach, Flor.: Rourke Enterprises, 1989). Steven J. Zaloga, Modern Soviet Armor: Combat Vehicles of the USSR and Warsaw Pact Today (Englewood Cliffs, N.Jer.: Prentice-Hall, 1979). Steven J. Zaloga and James W. Loop, Modern American Armor: Combat Vehicles of the United States Army Today (London, UK: Arms and Armour Press, 1982). “Soviet Tank Programs,” National Intelligence Council, NI IIM 84-10016/DS, 5 May 1984. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Twitter: https://twitte
Here's the link to the second video: https://youtu.be/HTmSN4Exci0 What caused the Texas Revolution? So we’re covering two wars actually, but they’re inseparable. The tensions had manifest destiny at their core, but to really understand what caused the war, and therefore all of its consequences, we have to learn what that build up in tensions was. Regardless of whether you think it was a just war, much of that consideration is without merit without understanding this deeper history. Buckle up, because I’m talking about filibusters, land laws, Amerindian depredations, the internal politics of both countries, and the tribes in-between. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 1:20 - Filibuster Etymology: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc 2:15 - Walker | BoaTS: https://youtu.be/DqOC2f4zee4 3:05 - Quasi War: https://youtu.be/o1BfR8ytLjM 9:55 - New Mexico vs. Texas | State Rivalry: https://youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y 13:05 - What caused the American Revolution? https://youtu.be/cz1i5ncOVIs 17:55 - The History of California: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Alan Axelrod, America’s Wars (New York: Wiley and Sons, 2002). https://amzn.to/2NHcLOa Ed Bradley, We Never Retreat: Filibustering Expeditions into Spanish Texas, 1812-1822 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2015). https://amzn.to/2YOWkny Thomas W. Cutrer, "The Texas War of Independence and War with Mexico," in A Companion to American Military History, vol. 1, edited by James C. Bradford (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2010), 869-879. https://amzn.to/2RRAdKL Brian DeLay, War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the US-Mexican War (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008). https://amzn.to/2WzDhjS Pekka Hämäläinen, The Comanche Empire (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008). https://amzn.to/2m162C3 Davi
Here's the link to the first video: https://youtu.be/lDWH-DC74Pk Unlike typical depictions, the Mexican-American War was not simply American aggression. It, as every war is, was far more complicated than that, and there are no precise answers. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:10 - What Caused the Texas Revolution? https://youtu.be/lDWH-DC74Pk 3:05 - New Mexico vs. Texas: https://youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y 5:12 - James K. Polk: https://youtu.be/o6RfIktSnq8 6:10 - Mexican California: https://youtu.be/gKRzroZ30vo 7:05 - The History of California: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru ------------------------------------------------------------ see pinned comment and replies for references, notes, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Mexican–American War,[a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervención estadounidense en México (United States intervention in Mexico),[b] was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which was not formally recognized by the Mexican government, who disputed the Treaties of Velasco signed by Mexican caudillo President/General Antonio López de Santa Anna after the Texas Revolution a decade earlier. In 1845, newly elected U.S. President James K. Polk, who saw the annexation of Texas as the first step towards a further expansion
I’m not impressed with Bohemian Rhapsody. It mangles the story just as badly as biopics of the early 2000s, to the point of travesty. Like the basic characterization of Freddie Mercury is wrong, and only reinforces a bunch of myths about the man. Heck, there was a movie, called Walk Hard, that satirizes this. But Hollywood will never learn. Just because there’s cool music playing doesn’t make it a good movie. There’s all the elements of a good story here, but Hollywood has to be willing to tell it. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Music for History Nerds: https://youtu.be/88jpX5Btnig The Greatest Showman: https://youtu.be/7PczCJxeXdw Newsies (I really like this one): https://youtu.be/dcJT70WTtqU ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Lesley-Ann Jones, Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury (New York: Touchstone, 2011). https://amzn.to/2JPfdCz http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/bohemian-rhapsody/ https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/bohemian-rhapsody-fact-fiction-freddie-mercury-movie-accuracy.html https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/freddie-mercury-queen-biopic-bohemian-rhapsody-movie-fact-check-746195/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2018 biographical drama film about Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British rock band Queen. It follows the singer's life from the formation of the band up to their 1985 Live Aid performance
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this episode. Go to this link for a free 30-day trial: https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian Check out Peter's channel, Stacks & Facts, which is all about the library sciences: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC37J30wHpQOtc1vzuN6OdDA People ask me for book recommendations all the time. Here is a brief guide on how to find those books on your own. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 12 Annoyances for Historians: https://youtu.be/4J6IPhEkYmo Historical Orthodoxy, Revisionism, and Post-Revisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw Wikipedia: https://youtu.be/RYBD3VV3eao What is Historiography? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- Why New Mexico Hates Texas: https://youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History history, documentary, books, recommendations, recommend, find, guide, JSTOR, libraries, library, review, scholarly, peer, book, google scholar, wikipedia, thesaurus
There’s a question in the history profession that if sufficiently answered could not only reshape how we conceive ourselves, but reveal the best course of action for politics around the world. What makes the West strong? While there are many answers, the most popular of these has been Jared Diamond’s "Guns Germs and Steel." You’ll see his argument all over the place, including a NatGeo documentary. But of course it has its detractors, to the point that some historians consider it pseudo-history. Now I think that’s going too far, but there are enough problems with his thesis that we can’t take it as the final answer to these questions. So let’s talk about that. ------------------------------------------------------------ errata 10:32 - not "Blaut's theory" but "Diamond's theory" (thx PunkSci) ------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the #ProjectAfrica playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLivC9TMdGnL_nFh7EtyLykEbzxCMH7nkB Mr. Beat's video: https://youtu.be/aEJKKuMxEQI Cogito's video: https://youtu.be/1oQ5Jd7p2aY ------------------------------------------------------------ references: James M. Blaut, Eight Eurocentric Historians: The Colonizer’s Model of the World, Volume Two (New York: The Guilford Press, 2000), 149-172. https://amzn.to/2YFt0iQ Michael C. Campbell and Sarah A. Tishkoff, "African Genetic Diversity: Implications for Human Demographic History, Modern Human Origins, and Complex Disease Mapping," Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 9 (22 September 2008): 403-433. Jared Diamond, Guns Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (New York: WW Norton, 1997). https://amzn.to/2GK6AqI Martin W. Lewis and Karen E. Wigen, The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997). https://amzn.to/2H0ylv7 Richard York and Philip Mancus, “Diamond in the Rough: Reflections on Guns, Germs, and Steel,” Human Ecology Review 14, no. 2 (
100k subscribers! After six years of doing this, people ask me who I am all the time. So I think it's finally time to reveal that. So this is my history, or autobiography, up until this point. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:40 - Patton: https://youtu.be/0kAZMZtPxZQ 2:38 - History of Las Vegas: https://youtu.be/AyQtQogodYw 15:10 - Slave Myths: https://youtu.be/R1FO9MqWugY 17:07 - Vegas anti-conspiracism: https://youtu.be/qY6A-3bIRcE 18:40 - What does Cypher mean? https://youtu.be/EM1EV8RdnJA 18:45 - Cynicism: https://youtu.be/XkdcvzchXKw 18:48 - Why so cynical? https://youtu.be/5zjOF7E8r5c ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Joseph Hall-Patton, Pacifying Paradise: Violence and Vigilantism in San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo: California Polytechnic - San Luis Obispo thesis, 2016), http://www.digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1594/. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ ------------------------------------------------------------ history, documentary, the cynical historian, cynical historian, cynical cypher, cynicalcypher ,cynicalcypher88, cypher, joseph hall-patton, hall-patton, joe hall-patton, army, phd, ma, unlv, cal poly, unm, veteran, student, historian
It’s been a decade since I fought in Afghanistan, and a decade before that began. Yet somehow, we’re still fighting there. Perhaps we’re finally the end of it, but the beginning is so far away that I think we need to re-examine what caused it. Hikma's video: https://youtu.be/0MxjdZEwzGs ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: Is Afghanistan the longest war in US history? https://youtu.be/i6kjxw_MJYE 12 Strong: https://youtu.be/l_6IFAcH7N8 The Outpost: https://youtu.be/dvwH-R2Xk8I Autobiography: https://youtu.be/q-xUz6POwGA Lone Survivor: https://youtu.be/IJgjS19JpHg ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The war on terror, also known as the Global War on Terrorism and U.S. War on Terror, is an international military campaign launched by the United States government after the September 11 attacks.[33] The targets of the campaign are primarily Sunni Islamic fundamentalist armed groups located throughout the Muslim world, with the most prominent groups being Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, the Taliban, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, and the various franchise groups of the former two organizations. The naming of the campaign uses a metaphor of war to refer to a variety of actions th
Though the specter of "patriotic education" is behind us, it has left a wake of destruction worthy of a follow-up to our previous talk on the matter. This is going to be a wild ride through the last spasm of a defunct ideology. Joining the chat today is Grant, The Casual Historian: https://www.youtube.com/user/GrantGHurst EmperorTigerstar: https://www.youtube.com/user/EmperorTigerstar Matt, or Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/user/iammrbeat Sami, US101: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB00L77s7NdrhlWxi9UU14Q Heimler History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvVETfjOgVmBlTcxA-NU2HA ------------------------------------------------------------ Chapter markers (if I ever get good timestamps for them): ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/
Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring this video. Goto https://curiositystream.com/cynicalhistorian and use code CynicalHistorian to get a year for $15 #ProjectShoah playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZaOylOgJT-op_3d-UJebBuzRUSEe0Gi Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, so I think it’s finally time to review Schindler’s List. It’s honestly one of the best movies I’ve reviewed on this channel. The only significant issue is with omissions, which I don’t really find much of a problem. ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Schindler's List is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who together with his wife Emilie Schindler saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as SS officer Amon Göth and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern. Ideas for a film about the Schindlerjuden (Schindler Jews) were proposed as early as 1963.
Given recent events, I think it's time to grasp a bit of history about US insurrections. Far from being exceptional, these events are almost commonplace in American history, the problem is, we all thought we were done with this kind of unrest. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:05 - last week's episode: https://youtu.be/rUGIHFdx5CA 5:55 - 1920 vs. 2020: https://youtu.be/A-ulRXuxw3c 6:05 - race riots: https://youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM 6:05 - police: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk 8:55 - filibusters: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc 8:55 - Walker: https://youtu.be/DqOC2f4zee4 8:55 - vigilantism: https://youtu.be/RfceCvtEMJ4 18.55 - Philippines: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA 20:50 - filibusters: https://youtu.be/3oWFi8XLVhc 20:50 - stars on flags: https://youtu.be/natx2c0kkXs 23:15 - Philippines: https://youtu.be/mmYk0xxjDDA 24:25 - Lost Cause: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 25:15 - Sectional Crisis: https://youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0o 26:45 - police: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk 28:15 - bury my heart at wounded knee: https://youtu.be/4CwNgWCSA90 29:10 - Lincoln County: https://youtu.be/thDLWcWcFtc 32:15 - Lost Cause: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 38:10 - US veterans history: https://youtu.be/ANUqaNykuRs ------------------------------------------------------------ Lists of US insurrection-adjacent stuff: Civil unrest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_incidents_of_civil_unrest_in_the_United_States Rebellions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rebellions_in_the_United_States Racial upheavals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_racial_violence_in_the_United_States Conflicts: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jlkz3eIQ0dH4SwzfezuZJw7ypUQ3QyReIliePi91Acg/edit?usp=sharing Just a few books out of many that influenced this: Hugh Davis Graham and Ted Robert Gurr eds., _Violence in America: Historical and Comparative Perspectives; A Report to the National Commission on the Causes and Preventi
Project Demon-etized playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wV1uLQ-Tsj5LbMxMvLVv1nN Soliloquy: https://www.youtube.com/user/Soliloquy084 History and Headlines: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ38_Et4NgYVS7MpwbXy-3Q EdYouToo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvENvlGtbVxgdrDu39IUB3Q TREY the Explainer: https://www.youtube.com/user/GamerCreator12345 Despite their guidelines making clear exceptions for historical content, they’ve repeatedly suppressed HistoryTuber videos, and it is time to raise awareness. Also, since this is not just a problem for my channel, but for all HistoryTubers, I’ve created a playlist called Project Demonized that may add more videos in the future, for those who wish to voice their concerns in a separate video. This is a community that is under attack by the very platform that proclaims its support. I have a lot to say and very little time to put it together ------------------------------------------------------------ chapters and related vids (notice the name changes): 0:00 intro 1:50 overall argument 6:00 before 2017 6:45 ad-pocalypse 8:00 demonetization and suppression playlist of my wrongfully demonetized videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUWJt6-1-dlVWrPfD4-lpOk 9:35 my viral video slave myths: https://youtu.be/R1FO9MqWugY 10:50 platform and "free speech" 12:00 mass-flagging live discussion of this kind of history: https://youtu.be/EHG_1efRBc0 D&@th of Stalin: https://youtu.be/KiOsPpvuYuk Lost C@use: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ Soviet Myths: https://youtu.be/97qO3g5MGmc 15:00 manual review feminism: https://youtu.be/IK-Qechh_Ec 13 hours: https://youtu.be/yCAJH6_SqmQ Snowden: https://youtu.be/S0_sM7wbPo0 US Veterans: https://youtu.be/ANUqaNykuRs 17:00 sneak demonetization diatribe on that: https://youtu.be/nrAFP0RumZI Vegas conference paper: https://youtu.be/qY6A-3bIRcE Hotel Rwanda: https://youtu.be/0c4Qr4RS_qY Pearl Harbor: https://youtu.be
I’m still on hiatus, but since we had that discussion awhile back about the 1776 report, I actually prepared for it by live-streaming me reading it on Twitch. That was a lotta fun, so I’ve cut together the streams into this long video. My RAM was apparently going bad during these streams, so excuse the times where I cut out. Also, for some more random fun, be sure to check out my Twitch, which is linked in the description. Anyways, here goes several hours of me reading some of the worst history we’ve seen emanate from the White House since Woodrow Wilson was there. ------------------------------------------------------------ panel discussion on the 1776 report: https://youtu.be/EHG_1efRBc0 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
There are several interesting parallels to a century ago. 1920 and 2020 have many striking similarities. Spanish Flu, WWI, a Return to Normalcy, and current events rhyme together like strange repetitions This is an update to a previous video, which you may find here: https://youtu.be/A-ulRXuxw3c ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos race riots: https://youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM discussion of the 1619/1776 projects: https://youtu.be/XLH1iy7F-zw , https://youtu.be/EHG_1efRBc0 insurrections: https://youtu.be/x6ZuwPU6Hqo reading the 1776 project: https://youtu.be/LaHTFKHPgoA police things I can't say for the algorithm: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk WILSOOOON! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS Allied intervention in Russia: https://youtu.be/1mC1bmzbgxY Olympics history: https://youtu.be/WHGYFmK5t9U 1919: https://youtu.be/S4Pi2nYcYNw Crime drop: https://youtu.be/VghFszohPRM more on women's suffrage: https://youtu.be/IK-Qechh_Ec ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/
This video has been demonetized by YouTube because of audio quoted in the video, so please consider donating to my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian It has come to a point where it seems like the political parties live in completely separate realities, let alone the same country. In order to understand this problem, we have to go all the way back to the beginnings of the party system we inhabit today. Now technically we’re in what’s called the “6th Party System,” which began somewhere between 1968 and 1981, depending on which scholar you ask. But it’s my intent with this to show that it is much more deeply rooted. - that the 6th Party System makes the US inherently more partisan year after year, not because of some particular party, politician, or even differing beliefs - but because the system itself is founded in partisanship more than ideology. This is going to be a long journey. Honest historians argue about more substantive things like how or when the Party Switch came about and what it entails, which is what today’s episode is about. US political polarization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODS ------------------------------------------------------------ 11:10 - workday not week (thx Liam O'Toole) ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 4:10 - WILSOOOON! playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS 4:25 - Lost Cause Myth: https://youtu.be/5EOhXF5lNgQ 5:20 - 12 annoyances for historians: https://youtu.be/4J6IPhEkYmo 6:50 - sectional crisis: https://youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0o 11:35 - Wilson pt.1: https://youtu.be/Hm0Gzz53YJo 11:35 - Wilson pt.2: https://youtu.be/3hRd8B_vZiA 11:50 - WILSOOOON! playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and er
Common knowledge is simply "Widely-known, generally-accepted information" -Chicago Manual of Style. But it is a lot more complicated than that. It's common to whom? ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:30 - demonetized playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUWJt6-1-dlVWrPfD4-lpOk 0:35 - YouTube suppresses history: https://youtu.be/-vRGguUJIx8 1:50 - Las Vegas history playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWlBIcN6Xq0oJgMyEIoFrzw 3:00 - Bugsy: https://youtu.be/4nhlqQ5qFf8 5:30 - Frontier Thesis: https://youtu.be/oa5M0B7sb5U ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Common knowledge is knowledge that is known by everyone or nearly everyone, usually with reference to the community in which the term is used. Common knowledge need not concern one specific subject, e.g., science or history. Rather, common knowledge can be about a broad range of subjects, such as science, literature, history, and entertainment. Often, common knowledge does not need to be cited. Common knowledge is distinct from general knowledge. In broader terms, common knowledge is used to refer to information that a reader would accept as valid, such as information that many users may know. As an example, this type of information may include the temperature in which water freezes or boils. To determine if information should be considered common knowledge,
Culture became a battleground in America throughout the second half of the twentieth century. From the Counterculture, New Left, Neoconservativism, and Religious Right - these clashes came to define a new political system that developed by 1980 which we still inhabit in the United States. This was what Prussians called kulturkampf, or culture war, which continues unabated to this day. US political polarization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODS ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:30 - Rise of the New Left: https://youtu.be/fLxPUcZKFuY 1:15 - A Conversation on “Patriotic Education": https://youtu.be/XLH1iy7F-zw 1:15 - Reading the 1776 Report: https://youtu.be/LaHTFKHPgoA 1:15 - Academic Bias (w/ Step Back History): https://youtu.be/IKHpBsCMBxo 1:15 - Discussing Teaching US History in 2021: https://youtu.be/EHG_1efRBc0 1:40 - party switch: https://youtu.be/hBHHIJG8Rds 2:20 , 2:45 - YouTube's suppression of history: https://youtu.be/-vRGguUJIx8 3:35 - on Kennedy and the New Deal: https://youtu.be/ZNxWTiDrgR8 4:35 - party switch: https://youtu.be/hBHHIJG8Rds 7:25 - 1968 rise of the New Left: https://youtu.be/fLxPUcZKFuY 8:25 - race riots: https://youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM 9:35 - history of feminism: https://youtu.be/IK-Qechh_Ec 14:20 - history of Hollywood: https://youtu.be/ilFzX8ggXeo 15:15 - historical revisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv
This is the week-8 lecture for my US History (1877-present) course. As such it covers the Great Depression and New Deal. Following lectures on WWII: https://youtu.be/hQZSAbiK2Cs Cold War: https://youtu.be/m4Dfe-gn_Fs ------------------------------------------------------------ Assigned primary-source readings: Herbert Hoover, “Principles and Ideals of the United States Government,” 22 October 1928, http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/22-the-new-era/herbert-hoover-principles-and-ideals-of-the-united-states-government-1928/ Franklin D. Roosevelt, Second Inaugural Address, 20 January 1937, http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/second-inaugural-address-of-franklin-d-roosevelt-1937/ ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/
Neoliberalism is why we’ve become so unequal over the course of this party system. As a result, the US is more divided politically than most of us can remember. I'm a cultural historian, as in I study the cultural significance of historical events, so it pains me to admit this, but the economy has more influence than anything else upon political opinions, so neoliberalism is the most important component of America's political polarization. characteristics that unify neoliberals which are: -emphasis of individuality and rejection of groups -market liberalism and fiscal conservatism (which are kinda the same thing) -privatization of public goods and infrastructure -deregulating any corporations -austerity measures against welfare -and free trade agreements which allow for more rapid globalization *errata* 7:00 Hayek was the oldest man ever, lol, but actually born in 1899-1992 (thx Joshua Bell) ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 1:35 - US political polarization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODS 10:25 - Race Riots: https://youtu.be/tAbkCU5nBhM 10:30 - Detroit: https://youtu.be/-aWoe17Fa0k 14:30 - WILSOOOON! playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXmCcEx0vfIim_jFMkgtLmS 14:40 - police militarization: https://youtu.be/HehnDHNoItk 19:30 - anti-conspiracism playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wWS-H7U62SqWWEA-y2eqzoQ 24:00 - what caused the GWOT: https://youtu.be/7Nwe0ehW2nY 35:35 - Party Switch: https://youtu.be/hBHHIJG8Rds 35:40 - Culture War: https://youtu.be/tppeGYoWDxg ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata *References* Moreton Bethany, _To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise_ (Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard University Press, 2009). https://amzn.to/33uFrmn Jefferson Cowie, _The Great
Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy I’m gonna try something a little different. This is a YouTube short, and I’m going to be coming out with a series of these that are essentially a bunch of rapid-fire historiographies, kinda like taking a historiography class in minute sized chunks. Each bite-sized chunk will cover a different school of historical thought, and once I’m done, I’ll combine them all into a normally oriented episode. This should be fun. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The first historians came in Greece during the 5th Century before Christ. Herodotus described the past in an entertaining, if not so accurate narrative. His successor, Thucydides, used more rigor and analysis to tell the story of the Peloponnesian War, which he had participated in. These two lit the way for future historians by showing what history is and how to write it. The word story and history derive from the same root, so history is just telling a true story, whether in the Herodotus fashion of entertaining narrative or Thucydides’s more analytical and accurate fashion. For the next couple millennia, this was the primary divide between historians. In the ancient world, they are pretty much our sole sources. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Herodotus books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/828 Thucydides books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2352 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
In the medieval world, after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th-century AD, monkish devotion to writing gave more sources and created chroniclers. Much like the annals of Rome, chroniclers simply made timelines, as in a list of dates and events with no attempt to connect these things. Chroniclers are not historians, for they are not telling a story, but they formed the basis of many historians who studied chronicles while in their monastic orders throughout the middle ages, such as the Venerable Bede. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Something changed around the beginning of the Renaissance. As scholars began to devote their pursuits to a more varied set of objectives, a plethora of sources came about. Historians still argue over the divide between the Medieval and Modern Eras. It depends on how one defines the difference. Normally, the time between the Renaissance and Age of Revolutions which began in the mid 18th Century is the demarcation for the Early Modern Era. From there onto the World Wars is the High Modern Era, and from there onto the present is called Contemporary History. In modern times, there’s far more literacy and writing, the printing press to spread ideas, a push for advancement both socially and scientifically, while also more interconnectedness around the world. So defining when that starts could be the Fall of Constantinople, the invention of the printing press, or when Columbus reported his landing in the New World. Because of this break in sourcing and general public disposition, historians generally divide themselves between medievalists and modernists, as in those who study the past before or after that hazily defined periodization. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The channel hit 200k subs this week, so I'm going to do a live Q&A. First I'll answer some questions from my Patreon supporters, and then take questions from the chat. If anyone has timestamps for each question answered, comment it below and I'll pin it. ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Good Lord Bird is an awesome show, and I’m surprised it isn’t getting a lot of attention. While no one can deny John Brown was fighting for a noble cause, he absolutely did so ignobly. The man committed atrocities in abolition’s name, but in his long afterlife, much of the public has expunged the brutality and foolishness of his actions from their minds, forming a myth. Brown is more of a symbol than a flesh and blood historical character, and that is precisely what he would’ve wanted. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: Gold Rush: https://youtu.be/W1dmyx6LBKA sectional crisis: https://youtu.be/Ff2AKILyi0o second great awakening: https://youtu.be/0AwHLRqX3Qk unitarians: https://youtu.be/5B8vgdS8ikU limits of film accuracy: https://youtu.be/Ek88jgEsXgA ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata *Bibliography* *Secondary sources:* Durwood Ball, _Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861_ (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001). https://amzn.to/2m06NLB Stanley Harrold, _Border War: Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War_ (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010). https://amzn.to/2xbEKSp David M. Potter, _The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861,_ Reprint (1976; New York: Harper Perennial, 2011). https://amzn.to/3aeYy5q Reggie Ugwu, “How Accurate Was ‘The Good Lord Bird’?” _New York Times,_ 17 November 2020. https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/good-lord-bird-showtime-accuracy-fact-fiction.html https://slate.com/culture/2020/10/good-lord-bird-frederick-douglass-historical-accuracy.html *Primary sources:* Brown’s last speech: https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/sites/default/files/content-images/05508.051p1.jpg Sources on the trial and investigation of Brown: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/john-browns-body-lesson-primary-sou
During the Enlightenment, some people who had leisure time chose to study the past. They applied ideas like rationalism and empiricism to the craft of history. These antiquarians were not professional historians, more of hobbyists. But they began to develop a style of history more recognizable to scholars today. This included citing one’s sources for the sake of veracity, using a paucity of perspectives to interrogate a subject, and finding new materials to shed light on previously unknown topics. This led to a swath of lay-historians, most prominent of which was Edward Gibbon, who used some newly dug up sources and a plethora of ancient historians to write his magisterial The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in six volumes. Though antiquarians sometimes rose to such venerable heights, they were just making it up as they went along. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Here's Gibbon's books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/375 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
As more and more antiquarians wrote history in the 19th-century, universities began to give history degrees. Alongside this professionalization, historians took on standards for their scholarship. The most fundamental figure of this transformation was Leopold von Ranke, who really pushed a reliance on primary sources, good argumentation, and proper citation. Some even pretended this was “scientific” and “objective.” Professional historians were still beholden to the whims of their day. This process played a key role in nationalism by making histories about their nation, extending its existence backward well beyond the limits of common ethnicity. Many historical associations were founded as a nation-building project, and they all relied on a German philosopher’s view of history. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ A couple of Ranke's works: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/33393 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Join us live; while we discuss the need for more historical scholars to engage with YouTube and New Media in general. This is the frontier of history, where the fight for its interpretation is waged against the hordes of disinformation out there, yet scholars remain their ivory tower. How do we get them to come down and engage with the masses, or is that even a good idea? Please note that we will not be taking many questions from live-chat and this discussion does not necessarily pertain to other subject specialties. Be sure to check out the folks joining me in this roundtable discussion: -Mark Hall-Patton (AKA “The Beard of Knowledge”) the retired Clark County (NV) museum system administrator -Atun-Shei Films: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0_CTubjGeDth7X0bxUTBTA -Mr. Beat: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ -Alliterative / The Endless Knot: https://youtube.com/user/Alliterative -World of Antiquity: https://youtube.com/worldofantiquity If anyone has timestamps for the parts of this when we’re done, that would be greatly appreciated!
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was kind of the figurehead of many romantic philosophers who theorized a way of understanding what the spirit of the times is or was, also known as the zeitgeist. A status quo gave rise to its opposition, eventually resolving into a new norm that incorporated both. This is called the hegelian dialectic, where you have a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. So the French Revolution was merely the rise of an opposition to aristocracy, resolving with Napoleon taking on the role of both. This dialectic was the zeitgeist, and the nation-state was the ultimate destination. Historians who use this theory believe that history is always progressing, that the zeitgeist is always improving, and the arrow of history points toward liberal democracy. More civil rights, scientific advancement, technological improvements, and increasing nation-states around the world reinforce this view of perpetual progress. They are called “whigs,” though I rather like the term “chronological snobbery,” for whig historians are rather presumptive of what is good. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Hegel's books: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2161 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Karl Marx theorized that the driver of history was not nations and instead were class struggle. The material circumstances of people’s economic position determined their lives more than anything else. So in his view, the French Revolution resulted in the rise of the bourgeoisie (as in the middle-class) to dominance, beginning the era of capitalism. Ancient history was defined by rulers' exploiting slaves, medieval times by aristocrats’ exploiting peasantry, and modernity by the bourgeoisie exploiting urban labor, also known as proletarians. Every time a lower class would rise up in defiance of the upper class, it would result in a new upper and lower class. Marx believed that the next revolution would result in a proletariat dictatorship, and this would be the last world-revolution as they would first implement a kind of temporary socialism before the state as a whole would wither away, resulting in communism. So historians who utilize this theory of history look at material circumstances of a class and whether they’re aware of their exploitation. This is called materialism, and the recognition of exploitation is called class consciousness. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Compendium of Marxist works: https://www.marxists.org/archive/index.htm ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Building from Marx’s definition of modernity, an early sociologist named Max Weber theorized that capitalism arose from calvinist protestantism due to the working spirit that theology instilled. Historians following Weber seek further explanations for modernity, such as science and legal rights. By defining modernity with these supposedly good values, they can push for other countries to adopt them, and therefore modernize. Today, this is considered highly imperialistic and antithetical to professional ethics, but you’ll still find historians like Niall Ferguson on the fringes of academia. This is driven by German philosophy, but the US was coming to power in the 20th-century, and scholars there had their own basis. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/The_Protestant_Ethic_and_the_Spirit_of_Capitalism?View=embedded ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
I don’t know how I feel about the newest Clint Eastwood directed based-on-a-true-story film. The last one he did, I had nothing but praise, but this one I’m far more ambivalent about. It’s salvageable, but has one fatal flaw that I just can’t bring myself to forgive. It’s based on the story of Richard Jewell. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos 1517 to paris: https://youtu.be/MLZ-BF2p0L4 Sully: https://youtu.be/jrtn_dggXTY ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata references: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/richard-jewell/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/true-story-richard-jewell-how-accurate-are-characters-1262302 https://slate.com/culture/2019/12/richard-jewell-movie-accuracy-journalist-fact-fiction.html https://time.com/5748926/richard-jewell-movie-true-story/ ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Richard Jewell is a 2019 American biographical drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and written by Billy Ray. It is based on the 1997 Vanity Fair article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell" by Marie Brenner and the 2019 book The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen.[5][6][7][8][9
Pragmatism is not an adherence to practicality. It’s a theory of truth which says those with the best argument know the current truth, and given infinite time to investigate and discuss, whatever rational inquirers would conclude the ultimate truth. American academics followed this and really blossomed in the interwar years. These historians fused ideas about modernity with whig history to study the economic influence on ideology. Most prominently, Charles Beard, who sadly did not have a beard, applied this to the American Revolution and Civil War showing the economic basis of opposition to taxation and slavery. Carl Becker advocated for learning from the public as part of the rational inquiry of pragmatism, which he called the “everyman historian.” Historians could teach and learn, kinda like what I do on this channel. But generally academics remained split from public history, especially since they thought individuals would atomize the nation-building project of US history. This fusion of nationalism and materialism meant they believed that the US was on a trajectory for greater hegemony in the world Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Charles A. Beard's "History of the US": https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7052 Carl L. Becker, “Everyman His Own Historian.” American Historical Review 37, no. 2 (29 December 1931): 221-36. https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/presidential-addresses/carl-l-becker ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian F
Anne of the Indies at first blush seems to be related to Anne Bonny, but ultimately is not. It’s just a fictitious pirate romp, but at least I can go a little deeper into Bonny’s story. The golden age of piracy is ripe for this kind of myth and romanticism. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: periodization: https://youtu.be/9vQIxAK-kXM Captain Phillips: https://youtu.be/yuSWR1_Eeco social banditry: https://youtu.be/VW_fEdrvmOI Loving v. Virginia: https://youtu.be/PgRzTmiT0r0 ------------------------------------------------------------ References: Newspaper articles on John (Jack) Rackam, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read: https://jillianmolenaar.home.blog/2019/02/07/the-documentary-record/ Before Tyler Rodriguez gets her publication on Bonny together, here is a link to a video that she wrote about it, though was improperly credited: https://youtu.be/KOiUgXyk0Fs Jay Eric Dolin, _Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates_ (New York: Liveright Publishing, 2018). https://amzn.to/36VgUtj Charles Johnson, _A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates, and also their Policies, Discipline, and Government: From their first Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, in 1717, to the Present Year 1724,_ ed. Manuel Schonhorn (1724; Mineola, N.York: Dover Publications, 1999). https://www.gutenberg.org/files/40580/40580-h/40580-h.htm Angus Konstam, _The Pirate World: A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers_ (Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2019). https://amzn.to/2JMwdfb Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker, _The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic_ (Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2000). https://amzn.to/2JKq8tN Marcus Rediker, _Outlaws of the Atlantic: Sailor, Pirates, and Motley Crews in the Age of Sail_ (Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 2014). https://amzn.to/2OasYf
Directly after WWII, historians on either side of the following Cold War generally agreed on the trajectory that their nation was taking. It conformed to the whiggish interpretation in the West, as in a unified nation headed toward greater equality and freedom, and the Marxist interpretation in the East, as in proletarian socialism headed toward communism. Western historians formed a consensus. For contemporary history, this formed the orthodoxy of contemporary history - seeing their nation-state as the triumphant end-point of history only needing moderate improvements and massive defense from foreign aggression. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Another thing that grew from roots prior to WWII and blossomed afterward was the Annales School. Marc Bloch formulated an interdisciplinary approach by combining economics, anthropology, and sociology to investigate what he called the mentalite, or the overall mentality of a given society. Fernand Braudel applied that to massive time-scales. This isn’t 10 or 20 years but 10 or 20 centuries, which they called the longue duree. Braudel typified this macro-historical approach the school was known for. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ Fernand Braudel, _The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II,_ Vol. 1, Rep. Ed. (1949; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995). https://amzn.to/2uJrWOK Fernand Braudel, _The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II,_ Vol. 2, Rep. Ed. (1949; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995). https://amzn.to/2LEZh45 Fernand Braudel, _On History,_ translated by Sarah Matthews (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980). https://amzn.to/3iygc9U Marc Bloch, _The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It, translated by Peter Putnam_ (New York: Vintage Books, 1953). https://amzn.to/3Bn4Deu ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Annales and pragmatism were part of many schools of thought that applied a structural understanding of linguistics to history, called the New Social History. Social history looked at society as a whole through rigorous structural theory. The language of primary sources was a kind of ethnic glue that gave context to all speech. Mostly they applied structural functionalism from sociology, as in what was the function of any given subject within the context of its social structure, to linguistic analysis to broaden what societal trends were leading toward a better nation. But structuralism began to break down, as neoliberalism emphasized individuals more than society as a whole. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Replacing it was culture. Cultural historians look for the meaning of a subject instead of its function. Language continues to inform their study, but the historical context is how it affects an individual instead of society as a whole. They use theories of semiotics derived from pragmatism to show how any given primary source is embedded in its cultural context, revealing the meaning of that topic. Culture, rather than society, was the focus from the 1970s onward. Historiography Shorts playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXi3h9O4E0a0ZVPGYxAuUTy ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
The Cold War defined the half century following WWII. Historians have argued its origin for decades. There is no clear answer. It all depends on not only how you define the Cold War and its beginning, but also your entire historical perspective. Are you a triumphal nationalist (orthodoxy), a condemning activist (revisionism), see a false dichotomy here (post-revisionism), or even go beyond such modern categorizations? Answering why the Cold War started defines how you see international politics today. Project MAD playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXW18I7joPDPXmfL1zepBNv ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for references, notes, responses, and errata since they can't fit here - but here is my paper on the British decision to intervene into the Russian Civil War: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ry4Uvv4ikeXJSWvyS0cpHcVHDFejHPUzB--euXWZgOc/edit?usp=sharing ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: state rivalries: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wVUfT9O-wI-T5W2ZCRCGcTL Great Depression lecture: https://youtu.be/tI6V2vKiXcM WWII lecture: https://youtu.be/hQZSAbiK2Cs Cold War lecture: https://youtu.be/m4Dfe-gn_Fs Russian Intervention: https://youtu.be/1mC1bmzbgxY Aftermath of WWI: https://youtu.be/G3vKUgoTghg 1919 Red Scare: https://youtu.be/S4Pi2nYcYNw nuclear near misses: https://youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8w Afghanistan causation: https://youtu.be/7Nwe0ehW2nY 2nd Great Awakening lecture: https://youtu.be/0AwHLRqX3Qk United States Postal Service: https://youtu.be/xu2RyBVC-Gk Orthodoxy vs Revisionism: https://youtu.be/xQGs3eYxGRw ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://
I’m talking about the Black Panther Party. It’s an important topic that isn’t easy to cover. The historiography is fairly new, because what came before is riddled with disinformation, but it is worth understanding the history of the Black Panthers ------------------------------------------------------------ Check out Lynn Burnett’s public history of racial justice website, make sure to check out the resources tab for tons of material: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/ The stuff specifically on the BPP: https://crossculturalsolidarity.com/black-panther-party-resources/ *References* Retrospective coverage: https://youtu.be/g8hDMi0-iaE William O'Neil interview: https://youtu.be/uSjYd35nF5s, full transcript: http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eii/eiiweb/one5427.1047.125williamo%27neal.html FBI files on Fred Hampton: https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/Fred%20Hampton%20Part%2001%20of%2003/view https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/Fred%20Hampton%20Part%2002%20of%2003/view https://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton/fred-hampton-part-03-of-03/view And all of COINTELPRO: https://vault.fbi.gov/ Curtis J. Austin, _Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party_ (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2006). https://amzn.to/3ffepGj Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, _Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party_ (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013). https://amzn.to/2SjIxrc David Cunningham, _There’s Something Happening Here: The New Left, the Klan, and FBI Counterintelligence_ (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. https://amzn.to/3hU0iIi Todd Fraley and Elli Lester-Roushanzamir, “Revolutionary Leader or Deviant Thug? A Comparative Analysis of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily Defender’s Reporting on the Death of Fred Hampton,” _Howard Journal of Communications_ 15, iss. 3 (Summer 2004): 147–67. Craig Mcpherson, “You can’t Kill Chairman Fred: Examining the Life and
Critical Race Theory is not historical. It says current US law is white supremacist and needs to be fixed. History isn’t a concern there. Misgivings over CRT obfuscate attempting to halt teaching about America's racist past. That’s not up for debate. White supremacy pervades American history. To deny that as “anti-white” is to hinder our ability to overcome that legacy, creating yet another civil rights backlash. The current trend of fighting CRT in classrooms is just more Culture War nonsense, disguising historical erasure and preventing teachers from creating a more informed public who can deal with the necessary problems of their citizenship. If you’d like a deeper discussion on this, we did one on US101, which I’ll link below. ------------------------------------------------------------ A longer discussion: https://youtu.be/0PEtlZSdN3I ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags: #CriticalRaceTheory #CRT #History
Since I have done multiple videos on the Afghanistan War, and fought that war myself; let's discuss what its end means. After 20 years, it has deep significance for US history. Given that I’m a combat veteran and historian of American Violence, this should be a lively discussion. Here are the previous videos: -American Small Wars: https://youtu.be/1oGJ784mf_M -Is Afghanistan the Longest US War? https://youtu.be/i6kjxw_MJYE -12 Strong: https://youtu.be/l_6IFAcH7N8 -The Outpost (including a digression on my war experience): https://youtu.be/dvwH-R2Xk8I -What Caused the War on Terror? https://youtu.be/7Nwe0ehW2nY Check out Hikma History’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsaViv1SDQy2FcRFHrf_Dkw If you have timestamps for what part of the discussion, please comment and I’ll pin it. Hopefully we’ll cover these main topics: -common myths -Purpose of the war (punitive expedition vs. nation building) -My role as a veteran and thoughts about it -Hikma’s experience and opinions -The consequences and “accomplishments” -Historical connotations and comparisons ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or by purchasing MERCH: https://teespring.com/stores/the-cynical-historian LET'S CONNECT: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/cynicalhistorian Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History
Ready to take an entire historiography class in 20 minutes? Well too bad, here it is anyways. Historiography is a very important part of doing history. It's merely the history of history. Every undergrad history major takes a course in this, and grad students have an even more intense version. There you’ll learn about most of these schools of thought in great detail. Let’s go over each school in about a paragraph. Perhaps it’ll help you understand the evolution of the history field as a whole. Sections covered: 0:00 introduction 1:35 Ancient & medieval times 2:48 Modernity 3:54 Antiquarians 4:40 Professionalization 5:24 Hegel 6:38 Marx 7:44 Modernization theory 8:26 Pragmatism 9:38 Consensus 10:10 Annales School 10:40 Linguistic turn 11:45 Microhistory 12:28 Gramsci 12:58 Frankfurt School 13:30 New Left 14:32 Feminism 15:32 Postcolonialism 16:56 transnationalism 18:14 Postmodernism 19:56 Post-revisionism Playlist on how to research history: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wU5T64ixCALFUC6c6cQJjL- Playlist of historiography videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUYMDmuznH5PvCoAlMRReX6 ------------------------------------------------------------ *References* James M. Banner, _The Ever-Changing Past: Why All History Is Revisionist History_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2021), audiobook. https://amzn.to/3y0Y8er Peter Gunn, _History and Cultural Theory_ (Oxon, UK: Pearson Education Limited, 2006). https://amzn.to/2uWmK9F Peter Charles Hoffer, _Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud American History from Bancroft and Parkman to Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis, and Goodwin_ (New York: Public Affairs, 2004). https://amzn.to/2OQJh0m Lloyd Kramer and Sarah Maza, eds., _A Companion to Western Historical Thought_ (Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing, 2002). https://amzn.to/2LhuzSf Edward T. Linenthal and Tom Engelhardt, _History Wars: The Enola Gay and other Battles for the Am
Technology is playing a key role in the US political system. We’ve opened a pandora’s box with technological politics. Unlike the utopian visions we once had for tech like the internet, the reality was that we let loose the worst of our inhibitions and enshrined a system that prioritized extremism. Tech has democratized our media, removing the gatekeepers who’ve kept American civility since the liberal consensus after WWII - and that’s a recipe for disaster. We created this system, and we chose to polarize. Political polarization playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wXxGRwtV4EGk_vuAH2VkODS ------------------------------------------------------------ See pinned comment and its replies for notes, responses, and errata Bibliography: Kathleen Belew, _Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America_ (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2018), ebook. https://amzn.to/2XsIyXg Bill Bishop, _The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart_ (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008), ebook, scribd. https://amzn.to/3qb0Hs3 Gabriella Coleman, _Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous_ (London: Verso, 2014), audiobook. https://amzn.to/3cTFPjE Megan Condis, _Gaming Masculinity: Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture_ (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2018). https://amzn.to/3gCCSpO Jeffrey Hart, _The Making of the American Conservative Mind: National Review and Its Times_ (Wilmington, Del.: Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2014), ebook. https://amzn.to/3wGtJ5i Nicole Hemmer, _Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics_ (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016), audible. https://amzn.to/2SIJSZ2 Ezra Klein, _Why We’re So Polarized_ (London: Profile Books, 2020), audiobook. https://amzn.to/31sqFLB Daniel Lucks, _Reconsidering Reagan: Racism, Republi
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