Welcome to the thirteenth episode of “We Effed Up,” where we discuss a consequence of that age-old enemy of progress: corporate greed.

Sources

• Lange, Brenda. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Infobase, New York, 2008.
• Marrin, Albert. Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy. Alfred Knopf, New York, 2011.
• Stein, Leon. The Triangle Fire. Cornell U. Press, Ithaca, 1963.
• Von Drehle, David. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America. Atlantic, New York, 2003.
• Waldman, Louis. Labor Lawyer. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1944.

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Welcome to the twelfth episode of “We Effed Up!” It’s finally time to talk about the Mongols, and why it’s a really bad idea to tick off Genghis Khan.

Sources

• Hildinger, Erik. Warriors of the Steppe: A Military History of Central Asia, 500 BC to AD 1700. Sarpedon, New York, 1997.
• Jackson, Peter. The Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2017.
• Ratchnevsky, Paul. Genghis Khan: His Life and Legacy. Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.
• Soucek, Svat. A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2008.

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Welcome to the eleventh episode of “We Effed Up!” Today, we dive back into eff ups with a death toll, as we look at how a member of the British royal family is responsible for the chaotic partition of India.

Sources

• Khan, Yasmin. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2007.
• Read, Anthony, and David Fisher. The Proudest Day: India’s Long Road to Independence. W. W. Norton, New York, 1998/
• Singh, Jaswant. Jinnah: India, Partition, and Independence. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2009.
• Sordesai, Damodar. India: The Definitive History. Westview, Boulder, 2007.
• Talbot, Ian, and Gurharpal Singh. The Partition of India. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2009.
• White, Matthew. The Great Big Book of Horrible Things. W. W. Norton, New York, 2015.
• Wolpert, Stanley. Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2006.
• Ziegler, Philip. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. Harper Collins, London, 1985.

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Welcome to the tenth episode of “We Effed Up!” We take a more light-hearted tack in this episode, as we look at why sports games always preempt other TV programming.

Sources

• Clary, Jack. Pro Football’s Greatest Moments. Bonanza, New York, 1981.
• Davis, Jeff. Rozelle: Czar of the NFL. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008.
• Garlett, Kyle. What Were They Thinking?: Brainless Blunders That Changed Sports. Harper Collins, New York, 2009.
• LaMarre, Tom. Stadium Stories: Oakland Raiders. Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, 2003.
• Rappoport, Ken. The Little League That Could: A History of the American Football League. Taylor Trade, Lanham, 2010.
• Strother, Sidney. NFL Top 40: The Greatest Pro Football Games Ever Played. Viking, New York, 1988.

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Welcome to the ninth episode of “We Effed Up!” In this episode, we examine the disregard for safety that led to the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger and the deaths of her crew.

Sources

• Houston, Rick, and Jerry Ross. Wheels Stop: The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Space Shuttle Program, 1986-2011. University of Nebraska Press, Omaha, 2013.
• Jenkins, Dennis R. Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon, 1972-2013. Specialty Press, New York, 2016.
• Leighton, Ralph. What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character. W. W. Norton, New York, 1988.
• McDonald, Allan, and James Hansen. Truth, Lies, and O-Ring: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 2009.

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Welcome to the eighth episode of “We Effed Up!” On this installment, we talk about why William Paterson’s hare-brained Darien scheme led to the end of an independent Scotland.

Sources

• McKendrick, John. Darien: A Journey in Search of Empire. Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2016.
• Orr, Julie. Scotland, Darien, and the Atlantic World, 1698-1700. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2015.
• Watt, Douglas. The Price of Scotland: Darien, Union, and the Wealth of Nations. Luath Press, Edinburgh, 2007.

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Welcome to the seventh episode of “We Effed Up!” On this episode, we discuss the collapse of the Carolingian Empire and how one man’s decision to follow tradition led to a millennium of conflict.

Sources

• Davis, Jennifer R. Charlemagne’s Practice of Empire. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2015.
• Fried, Johannes (Lewis, Peter, Trans.). Holy Roman Empire. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2016.
• McKitterick, Rosamond. Charlemagne: The Formation of European Identity. Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 2008.
• Nelson, Janet L. King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne. U. of California Press, Oakland, 2019.
• Norwich, John Julius. A History of France. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2018.
• Wilson, Derek. Charlemagne. Doubleday, New York, 2007
• Wilson, Peter H. Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, 2016.

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Welcome to the sixth episode of “We Effed Up!” On this episode, we try to untangle the mess that is King Leopold II’s pursuit of the Congo and why reading the fine print is so important.

Sources

• Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold’s Ghost: A Study of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Mariner Books, New York, 1998.
• Jeal, Tim. Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer. Yale U. Press, Cambridge, 2007.
• Packenham, Thomas. The Scramble for Africa. Abacus History, New York, 1991.
• Reeves, Thomas C. Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester A. Arthur. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1975.
• Van Reybrouck, David. Congo: The Epic History of a People (Sam Collins, Trans.). Harper Collins, New York, 2014.

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Welcome to the fifth episode of We Effed Up! In this installment, we examine Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, and how a single eunuch brought down an ancient empire.

Sources

• Fields, Nic. Warlords of Republican Rome: Caesar vs. Pompey. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2008.
• Freeman, Philip. Julius Caesar. Simon & Schuster, New York, 2008.
• Goldsworthy, Adrian. Caesar: Life of a Colossus. Yale U. Press, New Haven, 2006.
• Graninger, John D. Roman Conquests: Egypt and Judea. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley, 2013.
• Manning, J. G. The Last Pharaohs: Egypt Under the Ptolemies, 305-30 BC. Princeton U. Press, Princeton, 2010.
• Raaflaeb, Kurt A. Ed. (Caesar, Julius). Commentaries on the Civil War. Pantheon, New York, 2017.
• Schiff, Stacy. Cleopatra: A Life. Little, Brown, & Co., New York, 2010.

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Welcome to the fourth episdoe of We Effed Up! In this episode, we talk about the racism of President Woodrow Wilson and the effect it had at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Sources

• Cooper, Jr., John Milton. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2009.
• Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From the Tokugawa Times to the Present. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, 2003.
• Lauren, Paul Gordon. Power and Prejudice: The Politics and Diplomacy of Racial Discrimination. Routledge, New York, 1996.
• MacMillan, Margaret. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. Random House, New York, 2001.
• Shimazu, Naoko. Japan, Race, and Equality: The Racial Equality Proposal of 1919. Routledge, New York, 1998.
• Zachmann, Urs Matthias, Ed. Asia After Versailles: Asian Perspectives on the Paris Peace Conference and the Interwar Order, 1919-33. Edinburgh U. Press, Edinburgh, 2017.

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