When delving into the world of pirates, some debunking is in order. Buried treasure doesn’t make the cut, but the Jolly Roger does. In this week’s Wondrium Short, “Arr!” walks the plank. […]
Wondrium’s The Real History of Pirates separates seafaring fact from fiction. How? As it turns out, oceanic criminal enterprises from up to four centuries ago were really well-documented. A Purdue University professor is at its heart. […]
Privateers were hired during wars by one government to prey upon another nation’s ships. When the war ended, they became unemployed, and for this reason, most of them resorted to piracy. […]
While words like buccaneer, filibuster, freebooter, and maroons are considered synonyms for pirate, they are not entirely interchangeable. […]
Stories about pirates are quite compelling. There have been some famous pirates in history, such as the Sea Dogs, the Victual Brothers, and Barbary Corsair, and tales about them have been told for ages. […]
Shidehara Kijūrō was more motivated by trade agreements than imperialistic pursuits. This world view was not shared with the Japanese military who were trigger happy when it came to China. […]
Konoe Fumimaro strongly believed that Japan could defeat China in 1937. That one miscalculation cost Konoe his entire political career and plunged Japan deeper into a war it could never win. […]
What made Japan surrender was the fear that the Soviet attack generated. With thousands of Japanese soldiers taken by the Soviets as POW, it came just four miles short of Japan proper. […]
Revolutions don’t happen in a day. They are long-running disruptions that can take many years to build up and erupt. They require mass support and compel the complacent to risk everything for a cause. […]
Revolutions arise because of different crises, most common being a state’s attempt to modernize and reform. Having a singular message allows revolutionaries to mount an effective attack against the old system. […]
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