A conversation with Derek Baxter, author of new book The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again. Our interview touches on the Revolutionary War's unsung heroes, the various factions involved, and the battlegrounds across the world which elevated the war to a truly global conflict.

Derek's latest book is OUT NOW. You can purchase The Forgotten World War: Exploring the Secret History of the American Revolution, from Spain to India and Back Again wherever books are sold!

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A crash landing of a Japanese warplane interrupts the idyllic island life of Ni’ihau, where the Hawaiians have no idea that a world war just started.

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Music:

• Mission by Naoki Sato
• Dogfight by Thomas Wander
• Ebb Tide by Houston & Dorsey
• Hawaiian Sunset by The Polynesians
• Opening by David Wingo
• Queenie’s Suite by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• Less Likely by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Waimanalo Blues by the Mahaka Sons of Ni’ihau
• Mt Baker by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
• Aloha Oe (Instrumental) by George Kulokahai & His Island Serenaders
• Doghouse by David Wingo
• Blue Hawaii by The Polynesians
• Doghouse by David Wingo
• Organum by Max Richter
• A World Away by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Four Enclosed Walls by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• 06 Ghosts I by Nine Inch Nails
• Coconut Island by Louis Armstrong & The Polynesians
• Martha’s Dream (The Proposition) by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• Remnants by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• In the Eastern Wild by Abul Mogard & Rafael Irisarri
• The Right Things by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Hand Covers Bruise by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• Ashes (Missing Film) by Radical Face
• Uther Moads by Future Waves
• #20 (Lichen) by Brenden Eder Ensemble
• Sleep Walk by Santo & Johnny

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The dawn of America’s drone program in the Second World War changes the course of presidential history.

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The colonial ambitions of Scotland soon go sideways as they face the full brunt of Murphy's Law. The colonists face disease, mutiny, starvation, and shipwrecks before the backdrop of the golden age of piracy.

The colony's ultimate fate unites a kingdom.

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Music:

• Hector the Hero by Geoff Knorr
• All in Circles by Shida Shahabi
• The British Empire by Brian Tyler
• Denmark by the Portland Cello Project
• Cock o’ the North by Geoff Knorr
• Bonnie Dundee by Geoff Knorr
• Endless Falls by Loscil
• Pieces of Eight by Bear McCreary
• The Wider Sun by Jon Hopkins
• Scottish Snare by Geoff Knorr
• Baer by Hildur Gudnadottir
• A Nation of Thieves by Bear McCreary
• Shimmy by Toussaint McCall
• Murder/Mermaid/Heavy Labor by Mark Korven
• The Spanish Empire by Brian Tyler
• Funeral at Sea by Bear McCreary
• Legions (War) by Zoe Keating
• The Sacred and The Profane by Paul Leonard-Morgan
• Elevator Song by Keaton Hensen
• Parcel o’ Rogues by Alastair McDonald
• The Final Journey by Christopher Spelmen

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Two boys go missing in rural Appalachia. Search parties scour the foothills, accusations fly, and some seek supernatural help in hopes of finding the pair of lost children.

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Against all odds, Shuja rises again. A figurehead for the British East India Company, he watches as an invading army devastates his homeland—in his name. Meanwhile, Dost Mohammed’s son Akbar Khan leads a counterforce to be reckoned with. In time, he becomes a threat to his own father’s power. The British, chief among them Alexander Burnes, learn the hard way: The wicked will not go unpunished.

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Sources:

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple

Afghanistan in the Age of Empires: The Great Game for South and Central Asia by Farrukh Husain

Siraj al-Tawarikh by Faiz Muhammad Kāteb and translated by Robert D. McChesney.

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The British East India Company plots an invasion of Afghanistan. A bogus casus belli and puppet king are all they need—and the rivalry between their agent, Alexander Burnes, and a Russian spy named Ivan Vitkevitch becomes a zero sum game.

This is the beginning of the Great Game, or, as the Russians knew it: The Tournament of Shadows.

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In early 19th century Afghanistan, two warring dynasties contend for the throne. While the Sadozai brothers—grandsons of the empire’s founding king—feud amongst themselves, the Barakzai clan plots its ascendance.

Shuja ul-Mulk of the Sadozais and Dost Mohammed Khan of the Barakzais grow up together in court, but as young men they become bitter enemies. Eventually, they must face each other on the battlefield.

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