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What were the Origins of the Internet? Counterinsurgency, Surveillance and the Vietnam War — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Despite the hold that the internet now has on everyday life, it is difficult to imagine it as something that was ever invented. Unlike the car, the telephone, or the aeroplane, the internet by comparison has managed to achieve ubiquity without us being able to point to an obvious creator. Of course, we see traces […]

The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: 110 Years Ago — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Oskar Potiorek Bosnia and Herzegovina was a hotly disputed territory in 1914. It had been annexed by the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1910 from the crumbling Ottoman Empire, but was also claimed by neighboring Serbia and had a growing nationalist movement amongst its youth who wanted it to be part of a South Slav state. The […]

Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare

The word “Seminole” is derived from the Muscogean word simanó-li, or “runaway,” reflecting a common heritage, as Upper Creeks from Alabama, Lower Creeks from Georgia, other affiliated tribes and escaped African slaves all sought sanctuary in Spanish Florida. There they mixed with one another, adapted to their surroundings, traded with Britain, Spain and the United States […]

How the endangered American chestnut is making a big return

The American chestnut was all but destroyed by fungal blight and logged as settlements spread west when the United States was settled by Europeans. But lately, it’s making a comeback. Endangered for years, the American chestnut is now being appreciated for its many helpful characteristics in cultivated permaculture gardens and its value as a historical […]

American Slow Radio : Invisibilia

In our episode, The Great Narrative Escape, we asked: is it possible to tell a boring story that will keep people listening? Now, we put that question to the test. Invisibilia presents our version of Slow Radio: (mostly) Americans watching Norwegian Slow TV together on the radio (by which we mean podcast). We recommend wearing […]