Behind the Bastards

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

• Disarming Hamas 
• Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew
• The Hunt for Jason Arday
• Civilization with Andrew
• Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted 

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Sources/Links:

Disarming Hamas

• https://carnegieendowment.org/events/2026/04/what-path-forward-the-board-of-peace-gaza-and-the-future-of-multilateralism
• https://www.refugeesinternational.org/perspectives-and-commentaries/six-months-into-gaza-ceasefire-setting-the-record-straight-about-aid/
• https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-deal-hamas-israel-lebanon-explosions-morocco-spain-migrants

Anarchists and the Great War with Andrew

• Matthew S. Adams, Anarchism and the First World War
• George Woodcock, Peter Kropotkin: From Prince to Rebel
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-the-anarchist-international-and-war
• https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-manifesto-of-the-sixteen

The Hunt for Jason Arday

• https://share.google/VTyoNfxD04LW1B51H

Civilization with Andrew

• Against the Grain by James C. Scott
• Civilized to Death by Christopher Ryan
• Wild Thought by  Claude Lévi-Strauss
• Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
• The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Executive Disorder: US Strikes Wedding in Iran, Mail-In Voting Whistleblower, Tupac Killer Convicted 

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits?CMP=share_btn_url
• https://x.com/the_amargi/status/2094779953925456352?s=20 
• https://x.com/JohnSevenTwo/status/2095117948650172862?s=20 
• https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20 
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/establishing-the-united-states-space-academy/ 
• https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/2093060290371870948?s=20
• https://x.com/Acyn/status/2093087605785292936?s=20
• https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/honoring-the-american-history-of-the-great-lakes-and-renaming-lake-ontario-as-lake-america-3a36/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/27/mike-collinss-former-staffer-posted-kkk-nazi-imagery/
• https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/28/business/states-prediction-markets-gambling-federal-appeals-court
• https://x.com/StephenM/status/2093865962730651942?s=20
• https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/29/rubio-immigration-first-fifth-amendments-01056086?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
• https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094436092422340978?s=20
• https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-oil-reserves-eb0ed5a1e99602c21a7f690c3368020e
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/politics/how-marco-rubio-runs-venezuela.html
• https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/2094143793951838328?s=20 
• https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-news-trump-war-israel-hormuz-august-30 
• https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2094186148151046199?s=20 
• https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2094558750254256319?s=20 
• https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512 
• https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117190855202153056 
• https://x.com/RT_com/status/1492966810202693633?s=20 
• https://x.com/trbrtc/status/2094949680777994338?s=20  
• https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366?s=20 
• https://x.com/jalalisarah/status/2095092338892705851?s=20
• https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2094285318170018166?s=20
• https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2093246779068137472?s=20
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/
• https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/
• https://x.com/UnderSecPD/status/2090922149234028711?s=20
• https://x.com/AFpost/status/2090993722955567308
• https://x.com/JimLaPorta/status/2091970654316700056?s=20
• https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10092

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Robert sketches out the international network of websites where sex criminals ply their trade and advertise, and concludes the story of Dominique Pelicot.

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There exists online a community of websites and users who encourage, pay and teach each other in how to drug and sexually abuse women. Robert explores the case of one particular website, Coco, in France, along with in one specific offender, Dominique Pelicot.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

• How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition 

• How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2

• Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic 

• DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota 

• Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions 

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Sources/Links:

How to Rob a City: NBA Billionaire Edition 

• https://www.forbes.com/profile/thomas-dundon/
• https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-nbas-newest-cheapest-owner-shows-how-billionaires-ruin-sports
• https://www.opb.org/article/2025/10/03/tom-dundon-blazers-subprime-loan/
• https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/investment-riches-built-on-auto-loans-to-poor/#:~:text=Ms.,the%20loan%20with%20her%20daughter
• https://www.youtube.com/live/UD8erzI72Fg
• https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/shadow-bank-blue-owl-caps-021700097.html
• https://wealth.blueowl.com/solutions/investment-strategy-real-assets-digital-infrastructure
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/blue-owl-fund-sells-warehouse-to-dhs-for-ice-mega-jail
• https://youtu.be/3BqOjrFFNK0
• https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.14.3.95
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecin.12572
• https://belkcollegeofbusiness.charlotte.edu/economic-working-papers/wp-content/uploads/sites/850/2012/10/wp2016-014.pdf
• https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/economics-hosting-olympic-games
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/24131508_Mega-Events_The_effect_of_the_world's_biggest_sporting_events_on_local_regional_and_national_economies
• https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf
• https://econjwatch.org/file_download/222/2008-09-coateshumphreys-com.pdf
• https://media.clemson.edu/economics/data/sports/Stadiums%20and%20Econ%20Impact/Matheson-2019-Journal_of_Policy_Analysis_and_Management.pdf
• https://www.blazersedge.com/trail-blazers-analysis/114957/portland-moda-center-portland-trail-blazers-arena-revenue-debate-sports-teams-city-revenue-taxes-deal
• https://www.kjzz.org/business/2026-05-10/diversification-matters-glendale-says-desert-diamond-arena-is-thriving-post-hockey
• https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-arena-coliseum-record-best-fiscal-year-of-all-time-after-sold-out-bad-bunny-k-pop-concerts/
• https://oaklandside.org/2026/06/16/how-hot-is-the-oakland-arena-a-second-bidder-has-emerged-to-buy-it/
• https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/keyarena-turns-a-bigger-profit-than-it-ever-did-with-the-sonics/
• https://journalistsresource.org/economics/sports-stadium-public-financing/
• https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/07/03/smith-entertainment-group-estimates-spending-525-million-remodeling-delta-center/
• https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/20/trail-blazers-moda-center-portland-basketball-sports/
• https://www.ripcitynotripoff.com
• https://weareripcity.org/#supporters
• https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/16/portland-councilors-release-draft-term-sheet-as-business-coalition-presses-for-public-moda-center-funding/
• https://multnomah.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php
• https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7145153/2026/03/25/nba-expansion-seattle-las-vegas/

How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 2

• How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr

• Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State edited by Alfred W. McCoy and Francisco A. Scarano

• The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of U.S. Culture by Amy Kaplan

• https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/244/ 

• https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/182/1/ 

• https://theconversation.com/why-russia-gave-up-alaska-americas-gateway-to-the-arctic-74675?xid=PS_smithsonian 

• https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ 

• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html 

• https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d 

• https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/ 

• https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/nyregion/new-light-on-old-fbi-fight-decades-of-surveillance-of-puerto-rican-groups.html 

• https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/atc/1685.html

• https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547 

• https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ 

• https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d 

• https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_123/index.html#es/default/PLEBISCITO_Resumen.xml 

• https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099257005212415735 

• https://www.doi.gov/oia/compacts-of-free-association 

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement 

• https://time.com/7024574/puerto-rico-status-vote/ 

• https://www.uog.edu/_resources/files/schools-and-colleges/college-of-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/droessler_whose-pacific.pdf 

• https://juntasupervision.pr.gov/abril-y-mayo-2025/
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/trump-strait-of-hormuz-american-territory
•  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/politics/trump-iran-war-strait-of-hormuz
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:School_Begins_(Puck_Magazine_1-25-1899).jpg

• Las carpetas: persecución política y derechos civiles en Puerto Rico by Ramón Bosque Pérez y Javier Colón Morera

• Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952 by Harry Franqui-Rivera

Sophie Cunningham's Transphobic WNBA Panic 

• https://www.thefrankiedlc.news/
• @thefrankiedlc
• @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social
• https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-everything-is-wrestling-336405745/

DHS Surveillance and Infiltration of ICE Protests in Minnesota 

• https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/united-states-v-sant/ 
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.0_6.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.5_5.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.7_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.10_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.9_5.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.12_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.11_5.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.21_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.22_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.23_4.pdf
• https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.24_4.pdf
• https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1446251/dl
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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X3DhFnngDY

Executive Disorder: Mail-In Voting Restrictions, Canadian Trade War, Record High ICE Detentions 

• https://pridesource.com/article/dolly-parton-tribute
• https://people.com/dolly-parton-says-she-loves-and-does-not-judge-the-lgbtq-community-8386722
  https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/
• https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
  https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2026/08/18/usda-acts-remove-roadless-rule-restrictions-exacerbate-rising-wildfire-risk 
• https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/planning/roadless
  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-deal-01046788 
• https://www.npr.org/2026/08/24/nx-s1-5942971/u-s-treasury-launches-economic-d-day-against-iran-as-war-drags-on 
• https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/6048370-scott-bessent-trump-administration-slow-roll-iran-war-sanctions/ 
• https://newrepublic.com/post/214646/trump-worker-visa-fees-immigration 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/canada/trump-carney-trade-war-tariffs.html 
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxvj1zd4qjo 
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/iran-vows-retaliation-u-widens-115405636.html 
• https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-drought-disaster-usda-farmers-water-b4fe620ecbb2272576e79d140f0180dd 
• https://www.elnuevodia.com/corresponsalias/washington-dc/notas/agricultura-federal-declara-una-emergencia-en-26-municipios-de-puerto-rico-a-causa-de-la-sequia/
  https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-prosecutors-helping-ice/  
• https://www.injusticewatch.org/project/ice-informants/2026/illinois-trust-act-violations-immigrants-deported/ 
• https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/Safer-Communities/Resources-for-Law-Enforcement/Law-Enforcement-and-Immigration/ 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC1X9shmR24 
• https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/2092303479054225809?s=20 
• https://deportationdata.org/news/2026-08-24-ICE-release.html 
• https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/251258.P.pdf 
• https://app.deportationdata.org/?agency=ice&dataset=detention-stays&tab=chart&s=eJxVyDEKhEAMQNG7_HqEWRd2IZcJKoOKTCIabcS7W_vKd3Ei38QeXSAMflho777MtpOIuRaE6hYTibE4gqq5FVUS47a-o64IbW5_Tf43-cP9AO8gHXk 
• https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2026-08/OIG-26-23-Aug26.pdf 
• https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf 
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/26a124_hgci.pdf 
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/26/trump-usps-mail-voting-rule-lawsuit-states-supreme-court.html 
• https://archive.is/20260818151459/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/18/pentagon-evaluating-smaller-us-military-presence-persian-gulf-after-iran-war/#selection-1117.0-1121.36
• https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-21/bahrain-evacuation-military-families-navy-22618186.html
• https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2026-08-21/stars-and-stripes-publisher-editor-reporter-separated-22620671.html 

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Robert concludes the tale of Percy Fawcett by discussing how he came to believe a hidden jungle portal would turn his son into a god (spoiler: they died horribly).

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There are a few candidates for the title "the real Indiana Jones" but Percy Fawcett is the man whose reputation most inspired our favorite fictional archaeologist. Unfortunately, he was a racist, a murderer and a weirdo occultist who led his own son to a horrific death for reasons of Magic.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

• How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

• The Dangers of Silica ft. Kim Kelly

• How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

• Fighting for Incarcerated Workers

• Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 

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Sources/Links:

How the United States Built its Colonial Empire, Pt. 1

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23780231241274187

https://fortune.com/2026/07/27/hormuz-fertilizer-guano-islands-act-fertilizer-empire/ 

https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/navassa-island-the-uss-160-year-forgotten-tragedy

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-09-26/almost-half-of-americans-dont-know-puerto-ricans-are-us-citizens-poll 

https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/politicatypes 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/puerto-rico-independence-movement 

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/ 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ 

https://apnews.com/article/american-samoa-voting-citizenship-alaska-trump-eda6c32ce0fcdca6edb22efac26e403d 

https://www.nminewsservice.com/cnmi-covenant-united-states-50th-anniversary-explainer-timeline/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-us-controls-iraqs-oil-revenues-2026-01-23/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/magazine/venezuela-empires-colony.html 

https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-us-state-trump-rodriguez-chavismo-silence-634203c885803b018ecd8ac012bb249d 

https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/trump-annex-canada-51st-state-rhetoric-carney-us-partnership-message/ 

https://theconversation.com/us-territories-have-a-voice-in-congress-but-no-vote-heres-why-283547

https://www.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheets-View/Article/4463352/154-the-longe
st-blackout-in-us-history-hurricane-maria/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-was-serious-about-trading-hurricane-stricken-puert
o-rico-greenland-n1237336

https://www.democracynow.org/2001/8/3/as_navy_pounds_vieques_with_largest
“Nationals” but not “Citizens”

https://www.aclu.org/news/voting-rights/nationals-but-not-citizens-how-the-u-s-denies-citizenship
-to-american-samoans

How AI Companies are Monetizing Intimacy, Ft. Bridget Todd

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Love-at-First-Prompt/Bridget-Todd/9781668179826 

Fighting for Incarcerated Workers

https://audrasrealthoughts.wordpress.com/

https://incarceratedworkers.org

https://www.instagram.com/incarceratedworkers/

https://www.jailhouselawyersspeak.com/new-page

Executive Disorder: Iran Ceasefire Expires, Corrupt Military Contractors, Florida Election 

https://x.com/CBPCommissioner/status/2089395143136731579?s=20
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/19/korea-KOSPI-Korea-Stock-Index-fell-six-percent-steep-losses-chipmakers/2411787132055/

https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/shares-fall-asia-kospi-57-oil-prices-jump-135759997
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2089911556301550045?s=20 

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.3_3.pdf

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.8_2.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416/gov.uscourts.mnd.234416.212.6_3.pdf
https://archive.ph/ZF3Y0#selection-4307.0-4307.372
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73489661/212/united-states-v-sant/
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117119807819944656 

https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-confirms-irgc-backchannel-calls-irans-white-flag-surrender 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vessel-struck-by-unknown-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-casualty-reported-ukmto-2026-08-18/ 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/18/no-talks-with-iran-says-trump-as-us-president-stews-over-hormuz-deal 

https://x.com/UK_MTO/status/2089719923295556095?s=20 

https://x.com/UK_MTO 

https://x.com/RudawEnglish/status/2089263666742931732?s=20
https://www.propublica.org/article/general-dynamics-artillery-factory-failed
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/11/30/General-Dynamics-Corps-alleged-proposal-to-sell-a-wrench/2171439016400/
https://time.com/archive/6710343/general-dynamics-under-fire/

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Robert continues telling James Stout about the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

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This week Robert sits down with James Stout to weave the story of the worst military leader in human history: Francisco Solano Lopez. Also known as 'El supremo', he nearly annihilated his own country through sheer incompetence.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/26494384?googleloggedin=true&seq=22

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/11/22/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-1-francisco-solano-lopezs-earlier-life

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/8/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-2-the-start-of-the-war-of-the-triple-alliance#.YcJFwy2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/12/23/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-3-devastating-battles-for-both-sides#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/1/12/the-paraguayan-president-who-brought-his-country-to-military-catastrophe-part-4-how-the-war-ended#.Yd9N0i2cZAY=

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/war-of-the-triple-alliance-bloodbath-in-paraguay/

https://www.thecollector.com/francisco-solano-lopez-paraguayan-war/

https://countrystudies.us/paraguay/10.htm

https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9780742537552

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