Book Reviews History Episodes

18,000 Japanese Americans volunteered to fight in WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack. They fought with valor in the face of their families being interned in camps throughout the West.

Women have played a big role at the NSA during the computer age but their story has not been told. Eileen Buckholtz’ book rights that oversight .

Haiti 🇭🇹 was the first country in the Western Hemisphere to abolish slavery in 1801. Henry Christophe went to sea aged 12, rose through the ranks of the French Army to become General. He first served as President of the State of Haiti and then King.

San Francisco’s 19th and 20th century growth was explosive creating dynastic elites. They exploited the natural resources of the environs for the benefit of The City.