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The cities of Ancient Sumer provide the world’s first examples of urban centers with significant populations. Food surpluses made it possible to free of people from their farms and create divisions of labor. This led to the creation of the “violence specialist”.These violence specialist produced the most sophisticated armies of the Bronze Age.Today we discuss the rise of civilization and the birth of the first professional armies.Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #174 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the American Civil War impact global politics?For one, the killing machines created under the pressures of the Civil War changed modern warfare. In addition, the Union blockade on southern cotton had Europeans scrambling for new suppliers.Today we dive deeper into how the Civil War changed not only American society, but the rest of the world.Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #173 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Danny Sjursen joins us today to discuss the history of the Irish Republican Army and how they compare to modern resistance movements.Danny Sjursen is a retired US Army strategist and former history instructor at West Point. He served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can find his work at skepticalvet.com.Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #172 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The term “military-industrial-complex” has become this catchall phrase to describe the shady relationship between, defense contractors, the Pentagon and politicians. Christian Sorensen joins us today to explain the anatomy of this triangle and reveals just how much profiteering takes place.Christian Sorensen is a novelist, military analyst, and independent journalist mainly focused on war profiteering within the military-industrial complex. An Air Force veteran, he is the author of the recently published book, Understanding the War Industry. Christian is also a senior fellow at the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), an organization of independent veteran military and national security experts.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #171 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethiopia is on the cusp of a devastating civil war. While the world has been obsessing over the U.S election, the Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, (TPLF), which is the group that controls the Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia.A conflict in Ethiopia would be a complete nightmare. Ethiopia is the 12th largest country in the world with a population of 110 million people. The war could start a massive refuges crises and destabilize the Horn of Africa.Today we discuss how Ethiopia’s political system of “Ethnic Federalism” created this ticking time bomb.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #170 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2020 election has turned into a full blown sh*t-show. Today we discuss the major themes of the election and speculate on the future of the country.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #169 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreign policy typically plays a meager role during presidential elections, however, last we checked the US has the most dominant military in world history — which it freely deploys across the globe. Today we dive deeper into Trump and Biden’s foreign policy record.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #168 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the FBI, the greatest terror threat we face is posed by lone actors radicalized online by left-wing and/or right-wing extremists. On the far-left you have groups such as Antifa, which is a decentralized network of militants that oppose what they believe are fascist. On the far-right you have a much broader bucket which lumps in white supremacists, anti-government extremists, and incels (yes incels are included as right wing for some reason). Today we discuss the threat level of these groups.Join our Patreon for access to extra content and our slack community.https://www.patreon.com/brohistorySources Usedhttps://www.csis.org/analysis/escalating-terrorism-problem-united-stateshttps://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/worldwide-threats-to-the-homeland-091720Episode #166 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The “October Surprise” is a phrase within the American political lexicon, referring to some last-minute unlikely event that has the potential to change the course of a presidential election. Today we review “October Surprise” cases that never earned a place in mainstream American history. In 1968, the Nixon campaign allegedly sabotaged Lyndon B. Johnson’s diplomatic efforts to pull out of Vietnam. During the 1980 election, the Reagan campaign allegedly colluded with Iran to delay the release of US hostages in Iran in order to thwart Jimmy Carter. Both cases are egregious and today we discuss their validity.https://www.patreon.com/brohistoryEpisode #164 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we discuss the events and deceptions that led to one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in US history.Episode #163 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices