This week is a bit of a double-header. Part 1 is all about how nations deal with a major crisis especially in the area of technological development. Part 2 is about the Rule of Law, a topic we’ve touched on before, but especially pertinent in the current legal and political climate of 2016.

Show notes and links:

* The Great War (Indy Nydell)

* History Buffs: Saving Private Ryan

* Whale Oil (petroleumhistory.org)

* Pennsylvania oil rush

* The Battle of Jutland, pt 1 (The History Files)

* Fourth-generation warfare

* Magna Carta

* William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham – “The Great Commoner”

* Bad Cat Store at Zazzle (zazzle.com)