American Treason
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The following are five great traitors in American History:
US News and World Report (Jan 27, 2003): Spy Stories
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/ames/1.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/walker/1.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-02-21-spydouble.htm
Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine
The following are five great traitors in American History:
- Benedict Arnold: Conspired to hand West Point over to the British (an action which would have greatly weakened the Continental's war effort during the American Revolution)
- Aaron Burr: Killed Alexander Hamilton and later conspired to rule over a Western American Empire (which would have plunged the country into an East-West Civil War)
- John Anthony Walker: Led the Walker Spy Ring which sold ALL of the US war plans during the Vietnam War to the Soviets
- Aldrich Ames: Revealed to the Soviets the names of ALL the American spies currently operating in the Soviet Union. Many of them would be killed as a result.
- Robert Hanssen: Revealed to the Soviets the location where American leaders would hide in the event of nuclear war. Also sold the US missile launch plans in the event of a nuclear war.
US News and World Report (Jan 27, 2003): Spy Stories
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/arnold.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/ames/1.html
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/walker/1.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2001-02-21-spydouble.htm
Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine
posted by George Hageman at 10:56 AM
9 Comments:
The podcast is also very hard on Burr, although he was a failed politician and bit of a dolt in the end. It is the opinion of many historians that Hamilton also had treasonous intentions. His letters indicate that he wanted to engage a war with Spain and return from a conquered Mexico as an American dictator. The government was very unsettled at this time, and the extremely ambitious Hamilton saw an opportunity to take power. Ron Chernow has a good book on the man, although Wikipedia is a great source on the topic.
Oversights should be nothing to get upset over when under so much pressure. Besides, people care enough to point out the problems. Many congratulations on the success of the podcast. Good luck.
Rich
Morgantown, West Virginia
Don't listen to some of the idiots commenting on your site, your podcast rocks.
On your '11 Unique Warriors' you asked the listeners to suggest some other cool warriors you could use on your podcast, here are my suggestions:
-U.S Marine Corps
-Maybe include some modern warriors like U.S Special Forces(Delta Force, Force Recon, Seals,etc )
-French Foreign Legion
And another idea I have for your podcasts is, how about a show on the different military doctrines and types of warfare, for example:
-Maneuver Warfare
-Attrition Warfare
-Air-Land Battle
-Deep Battle
-Netweork Centric Warfare
-Blitzkrieg, etc
You could mention the armies that used them and describe the battles and wars they were used in.
George,
As a History major in college and a student of military history in my career, I commend you on your work and research. I look forward to you getting back from Morocco and getting the PodCast going again. I know you already did an episode with Erwin Rommel, but perhaps you will be inspired by your trip to Morocco and do an episode on Operation Torch, November 1942, since that is where the US Forces came ashore.
In your podcast American Treason you state numerous times that Burr killed the President of the US, A Hamilton. When was Hamilton president?....Pretty grave error in your facts that you must correct if you want your podcasts to be respectable.
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Hi George,
I just found your podcast a couple of months ago and really enjoy them.
I have to take great issue with you on the American Traitor episode.
Hamilton brought unethical trick pistols to the dual. Dueling pistols were supposed to have a very heavy trigger pull but the pistols Hamilton brought to the dual had trick set triggers that would help in keeping a good aim while firing. Hamilton not understanding how nervous he would be set the hair trigger and did fire above Burr's head but only because he touched off the trigger before fully bringing down the pistol to a proper aim. Because he was so nervous and under so much stress he was not even aware that he had fired the pistol. Burr has been the villain for so long because it was just a few years ago that the famous pistols were disassembled to make replicas and the "illegal" set trigger was found.
Burr not knowing that the pistols had the trick set trigger just brought his down, aimed, and fired.
As far as having unpopular political thoughts and stating them, if that makes him a traitor then I must be a traitor everyday.
The bottom line is Hamilton tried to cheat and it cost him his life, plain and simple.
Here a web site I think you may find interesting on this subject. It is hard to find the truth because Hamilton family members and fans have, to this day, tried to hide the truth and keep Burr the bad guy.
http://www.aaronburrassociation.org/Smithsonian.htm
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