Video Podcasts

The Habsburgs and the American Revolution: A Missing Chapter

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Jonathan Singerton, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along cover image of "The American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy", a book by Dr. Singerton that we discuss in this interview. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “May 13, 1779 is not a date well remembered by historians of the American Revolution, but it should be.” Watch this segment in the video below (00:38:41) Why did Benjamin Franklin enjoy greater access to Maria Theresa – Holy Roman Empress – than to Louis XVI – the French king? Did […]

Did the Treaty of Paris Create the United States?

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Dr. Eliga Gould, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along cover image of "Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire", a book by Dr. Gould that we discuss in this interview. Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “We like the documents that we wrote. We didn’t write, you know, we Americans had to write the Treaty of Paris with the British. It is a bilateral document. And, you know, it’s not entirely a welcome truth that one of our three founding documents is an international document.” Watch this […]

The Bizarre Plot That Armed the American Revolution

Image of Adel Aali (program host) and his guest, Prof. Joel Richard Paul, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, along with images of Silas Deane (the shopkeeper), Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais (the playwright), and Chevalière d'Éon (the spy). Visit AARevolution.net for more images of the American Revolution and for interviews of scholars with Adel Aali.

Introduction In this interview: “What he doesn’t realize is that Bancroft is getting two salaries… one from Deane… and one from the British.” Watch this segment in the video below (00:24:59) Why did Benjamin Franklin send a Connecticut shopkeeper who spoke no French and had hardly traveled outside of Connecticut to France? How and why […]

Russian Neutrality in the American Revolution: Fear, Strategy, and Opportunity

The featured image brings together images of Dr. Ivan Kurilla and Adel Aali from the interview, superimposed on the Betsy Ross flag, alongside a portrait of Dr. Kurilla's book "Distant Friends and Intimate Enemies"

Introduction In this interview: “King George III asked Catherine to send her troops or Cossacks to North America to help suppress American uprising. And by the way, British propaganda already used the promise of coming Cossacks, you know, use this propaganda against colonists saying, you know, soon the Russians [are coming] and will suppress you.” […]