America: Secret Wars

By Trevor Culley and HoPful Media

The United States has more than its fair share of famous wars in history, but that doesn't even scratch the surface. Have you ever wondered why we don't talk about the Korean War or the War of 1812

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How many episodes does America: Secret Wars have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

America: Secret Wars episodes:

August 12, 2024 014: Shinmiyangyo the Extra-Forgotten Korean War, Part II
Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.

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Duvernay - Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea
Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…
Chung - General’s Flag Returns Home From US
Eckert, et al. - Korea Old and New: A History
GlobalSecurity - SS General Sherman Incident
Hamilton - Korea, (224-225)
Howe - The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition
Hwang - American campaigns for flag’s return
IRFA - Stanislas Féron
Neff - The tiger hunters
Oppert - A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea
Shields - US' 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island
Tyson - Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871
US Army - Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations
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58min
August 06, 2024 013: Shinmiyangyo the Extra-Forgotten Korean War
Trevor is joined by Cody Reynolds of the Accidentally on Purpose network (https://linktr.ee/aopnetwork), the Imperfect Men Podcast (@imperifectmenpod), and We Effed Up (@WeEffedUp) to discuss how Americans desperately tried to force the Korean Kingdom of Joseon to trade in the 1800s. Tomb raiding, stupid battles, and sword fights ensue.
Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch!

Duvernay - Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea
Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of U.S. Naval Officers…
Chung - General’s Flag Returns Home From US
Eckert, et al. - Korea Old and New: A History
GlobalSecurity - SS General Sherman Incident
Hamilton - Korea, (224-225)
Howe - The Forgotten “Weekend War” A Comprehensive Account of the 1871 Korean Expedition
Hwang - American campaigns for flag’s return
IRFA - Stanislas Féron
Neff - The tiger hunters
Oppert - A Forbidden Land: Voyages to the Corea
Shields - US' 1871 invasion of Ganghwa Island
Tyson - Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871
US Army - Korean Campaign 1870, Full-Text Citations
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58min
July 21, 2024 012: Americans in the Opium Wars – Part 2
Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro – host of many podcasts – to talk about the United States’ participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.

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Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/
Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello – The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean – The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs – American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant – Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao – The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer – The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty – The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait – The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong – Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 – A Century of International Drug Control
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1h 16min
July 13, 2024 011: Americans in the Opium Wars - Part 1
Trevor is joined once again by Roberto Toro - host of many podcasts - to talk about the United States' participation in The Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and early-19th Century China. Roberto is the host of The History of Saqartvelo Georgia (@History_Georgia) and co-host of Tsar Power (@TsarPowerPod) and Quest for Power.

Visit https://hopfulmedia.com.co to subscribe, donate, or buy podcast merch!

The History of Saqartvelo Georgia https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historysaqartvelogeorgia
Tsar Power https://tsarpowerpod.weebly.com/
Quest for Power https://quest-for-power.captivate.fm/

Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Hanes and Sanello - The Opium Wars: The Addiction of One Empire and the Corruption…
Crean - The Fear of Chinese Power: An International History
Downs - American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800-1840
Grant - Seventh Annual Message
Haythornthwaite - The Colonial Wars Source Book
Mao - The Qing Empire and the Opium War: Collapse of the Heavenly Dynasty
Meyer - The Opium War’s Secret History
Nalty - The Barrier Forts: A Battle, A Monument, and a Mythical Marine
Rait - The Life and Campaigns of Hugh, first Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal
Tolley - Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
Wong - Deadly Dreams: Opium and the Arrow War (1856-1860) in China
World Drug Report 2008 - A Century of International Drug Control
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1h 10min
June 27, 2024 Must Listen Announcement!!!! (and the History of Gold minisode)
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31min
June 23, 2024 010: Invading Taiwan - The Formosa Expedition
Trevor sat down with Emma Lehman (https://www.emmalehman.com/) from Los Audio and the podcasts Gooned and Texas Twiggy to discuss the American Formosa Expedition of 1867. In a poorly thought out mission for revenge and imperialism, American sailors and marines got their first taste of East Asian jungle warfare.
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Los Audio - https://losaudio.substack.com/
Gooned - https://www.goonedpodcast.com/
Texas Twiggy - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/texas-twiggy/id1587025076

Gordon - Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth-Century China and the Powers
Le Gendre - Formosa: Reports of Mr. C. W. Le Gendre
Davidson - The Island of Formosa: Historical View from 1430 to 1900
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Meinheit - The Consul’s Maps: Diplomacy, Cartography and Japan’s 1874 Formosa Expedition
NHHC - H-063-4: The Formosa Expedition, 1867
NYT - European Intelligence...
NYT - The American Fleet in Chinese Waters -- Avenging National Insults
NYT - THE PIRATES OF FORMOSA.; Official Reports of the Engagement of the United States Naval Forces
NYT - American Officers in the Japanese Formosa Expedition
NYT - China and Japan; Active Preparations for War. The Formosa Expedition Successful...
Wong - Approaching Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands: From the Perspectives of Ryukyu and Okinawa
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1h 22min
June 01, 2024 009: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 2
Trevor’s brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.
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Arnold – Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations…
CIRA-Nippon – Bakunin’s Stop-over in Japan
Cullen – A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds
Convention of Kanagawa
Department of the Navy – Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Griffis – Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Haythornhwaite – The Colonial Wars Source Book
Herbert – Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Horii – The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with “Religion”
Keith – Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition’s Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854
Long – Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Perry – Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan…
Satow – A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan…
Tolley – Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
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44min
May 25, 2024 008: An Invasion of Japan During the Civil War? Part 1
Trevor's brother, Evan, is usually with the US Navy in Japan. So we sat down to talk about the first time the United States fought the Empire of Japan in 1863.

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Arnold - Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations...
CIRA-Nippon - Bakunin's Stop-over in Japan
Cullen - A History Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds
Convention of Kanagawa
Department of the Navy - Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Griffis - Matthew Calbraith Perry: A Typical American Naval Officer
Haythornhwaite - The Colonial Wars Source Book
Herbert - Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
Horii - The Perry Expedition (1853-1854) and the Japanese Encounter with "Religion"
Keith - Civilization, Race, and the Japan Expedition's Cultural Diplomacy, 1853-1854
Long - Gold Braid and Foreign Relations: Diplomatic Activities of US Naval Officer 1798-1883
Perry - Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan...
Satow - A Diplomat in Japan: The Inner History of the Critical Years in the Evolution of Japan...
Tolley - Yangtze Patrol: The U.S. Navy in China
...more
1h
May 12, 2024 007: The American Invasion of the Falkland Islands
Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts talk about the United States’ weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.

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Lorton – Falkland Wars – The History of the Falkland Islands
Barnard – A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…
Cawkwell – The History of the Falkland Islands
Dickens – The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina
Drexler – Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History
Falklands.info – A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3
Fitzroy – Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Holt – Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798
Maisch – The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…
Silbey – The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829…
Tatham – The Dictionary of Falklands Biography
USS Duncan – Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident
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1h 16min
May 04, 2024 006: America vs. Pirates, Rebels, Seals, and Sheep in the Falkland Islands
Trevor and Ben Jacobs (@w2wpodcast) of the Wittenberg to Westphalia and Why Tho? podcasts to talk about the United States' weird military history in the Falkland Islands with guest appearances from Irish rebels, the War of 1812, and the Argentinian Revolution.

Patreon | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

Lorton - Falkland Wars - The History of the Falkland Islands
Barnard - A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard…
Cawkwell - The History of the Falkland Islands
Dickens - The Falkland Islands Dispute Between the United States and Argentina
Drexler - Monroe Doctrine: Primary Documents in American History
Falklands.info - A Brief History of the Falkland Islands Part 3
Fitzroy - Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle
Holt - Memoirs of Joseph Holt: General of the Irish Rebels, in 1798
Maisch - The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Clash of 1831-32…
Silbey - The Incomplete World of American Politics, 1815-1829...
Tatham - The Dictionary of Falklands Biography
USS Duncan - Silas Duncan and the Falklands’ Island Incident
...more
1h 5min

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How many episodes does America: Secret Wars have?

The podcast currently has 26 episodes available.

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