Introducing Diplomacy: Britain vs America 1838-1846

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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To get this series and 40+ hours of extra content, make sure you sign up for an annual Patreon membership to get 16% off NOW! I couldn't have got this far in the PhD without the support of you lovely patrons, and this is my way of saying thanksss, so why not nerd out with us?

Oh boy, it's finally time! Now you get to see what I've been working on over the Christmas break, an extremely chunky and detailed twelve part series examining Anglo-American relations from 1838-1846. Expect fractious diplomacy, war scares, major tensions, close calls and settlements which dramatically affected how each side saw the other, with consequences that are felt to this day.

In this introductory episode, I set the scene and justify my interest in this period, as well as explaining why YOU should care. We look at the British destruction of the Caroline, and question how this incident helped fan the flames of American hostility towards London, while Palmerston...shrugged his shoulders. The British Foreign Secretary, you see, had his hands full with keeping the Ottoman Empire propped up, while he also kept his eye on France.

We're just beginning our journey in this fascinating period, and I can't wait to bring you along for the ride! A huge thanksss to all of my lovely patrons for supporting this show for so long. It's now official, I'm in the final stretch, and after this final set of fees, Dr Zack will be coming soon to earbuds near you!

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0:28.6	U.K. forward slash plan. Hello and welcome History friends, patrons all, to something very special indeed.
0:47.3	This is Diplomacy, Britain vs America, 1838 to 1846. So if you were unaware, I'm now in the final year of my PhD.
0:58.0	By September 2023, I'll hand in the dishonorable mess that is my dissertation, and I can finally stop talking about how hard it is to be an eternal student.
1:08.0	The next nine months are going to be insane, so with that in mind,
1:12.0	over the Christmas break I worked on a new miniseries rooted in part of my research. And I
1:16.9	really think you're going to love it. In about two weeks, I wrote 12 episodes worth of content.
1:22.9	So yeah, here's the kicker, though. I have to preface this by saying that this series will be available
1:28.8	exclusively to patrons who've supported me so faithfully and generously over the last three and a half
1:34.9	years. Now if you know me, you'll know that I always feel kind of icky asking you to pay for
1:40.2	more content, but if you've never supported the show before, you should know that until
1:44.8	the 10th of February, 2023, new signups for an annual Patreon membership can get 16% off.
1:51.9	And this money will be funneled right into my college fund to pay for the final round of fees.
1:57.0	In other words, now is by far the best time to sign up and support this show, because not only
2:02.4	when you get this miniseries here, you'll also get access to 40 hours of extra content in the
2:07.5	back catalogue, including Poland is not yet lost, and my look at the 1956 Suez Crisis, among
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