In Relevant History, solo podcaster Dan Toler examines the trends and ideas that shape our modern world. The second season covers the conflict between nationalism and globalism in the first half of the twentieth century. Major events include the World Wars, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, the collapse of the great European empires, and the rise of the United States as the center of global finance.
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Near the turn of the 20th century, the United States’ economy is an international powerhouse, but its military is, at best, a third-rate force. One man aims to leverage that small force to build an empire: Theodore Roosevelt. First as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and then as President, Roosevelt will reform the navy and conquer the remnants of the old Spanish Empire.
Beyond that, Roosevelt will transform the nation itself by battling government corruption, supporting the nascent labor movement, and building the Panama Canal. At the end of his presidency, the world’s great powers will be forced to recognize the United States as a peer – one that will play an outsized role in the World War era.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter One: A New Birth of Freedom – 00:03:48
Chapter Two: The Rise of Roosevelt – 00:29:03
Chapter Three: The Twilight of the Spanish Empire – 01:04:45
Chapter Four: Remember the Maine! – 01:30:41
Chapter Five: The Battle of Manila Bay – 02:06:20
Chapter Six: The Rough Riders and the War for Cuba – 02:25:58
Chapter Seven: The Assassination of William McKinley – 03:01:04
Chapter Eight: Roosevelt the Progressive – 03:28:09
Chapter Nine: Roosevelt the Imperialist – 04:03:19
Chapter Ten: The Bull Moose – 04:38:03
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SOURCES:
Barraclough, Geoffrey (ed.) – Harper Collins Atlas of World History
Blow, Michael – A Ship to Remember: The Maine and the Spanish-American War
Bradford, James C.; Cooper, Diane E., et. al. – Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War and Its Aftermath
Brands, Henry William; Breen, Timothy H.; Williams, R.H.; Gross, Ariela J. – American Stories: A History of the United States
Brinkley, Douglas – The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Cooper, John Milton, Jr. – The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt
Cumings, Bruce – Dominion from Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power
Davis, Paul K. – 100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present
Harbaugh, William Henry – Power and Responsibility: The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt
Johnson, Thomas H. – The Oxford Companion to American History
Kinzer, Stephen – The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of the American Empire
Locke, John – The Works of John Locke in 9 Volumes, Volume 4
Lord, Walter – The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War
McCullough, David – The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914
McPherson, James M. – Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Morris, Edmund (2010) – Colonel Roosevelt
Morris, Edmund (1979) – The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Morris, Edmund (2001) – Theodore Rex
Musicant, Ivan – Empire by Default: The Spanish-American War and the Dawn of the American Century
Nofi, Albert A. – The Spanish-American War, 1898
O’Toole, George J. A. – The Spanish War: An American Epic 1898
Overy, Richard (ed.) – The Times Complete History of the World
Pringle, Henry F. – Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography
Rickover, Hyman G. – How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed
Roosevelt, Theodore – The Rough Riders
Roosevelt, Theodore; Brands, Henry William (ed.) – The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt
Samuels, Peggy; Samuels, Harold – Remembering the Maine
Sebag-Montefiore, Simon – Voices of History: Speeches that Changed the World
Sondhaus, Lawrence – Naval Warfare, 1815-1914
Tuchman, Barbara – The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Various – Constitution of the United States of America
Various – Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
Vowell, Sarah – Assassination Vacation
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