VLAD THE IMPALER by Extra History - 1 - A Historian Reacts
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“I don’t know a lot about vlad” *goes on to talk about his heritage and family like he knew them personally* 😂 keep up the good work!
Ikr
Wouldn’t be a vlogging through history video without him bringing up his heritage
I loved when he spoken about "attack of the dead men". He said almost everything expect name of the commanders that is listed on eng Wikipedia but still so humble start with "I dont know a lot about..." :D
Of course he knows more than us common folks ☺️ but he's talking from the perspective of a professional historian.
Reasons I’m not qualified to be a historian 101, if that is the standard for ‘not knowing much’ I’m just ignorant
Moldova is mostly still part of Romania. The Republic of Moldova is only a fraction of the historical province while the other fraction is part of Romania.
The Transnistrians might just disagree with that oversimplification lol
@@MinecraftMasterNo1 Agreed, but it's rather difficult in one comment to bring up all of the details. And I am not 100% sure of the status of Transnistria's recognition on the global stage.
@@Andu972 it is not recognized by UN
@@Andu972 A Russian supplied and supported terrorist group trying to block Moldova joining the EU, which has gained control of a but of territory which only became part of Moldova when it was under Soviet control. Ukraine has similar problems.
@@phillee2814 well Ukraine is a bit different, because it got to be a state only for a few years after WW1. And at the time of brief cossack state independence in 1648, that region wasn’t even populated that much, so it’s harder to debate the borders.
as a romanian, im so happy that you and your viewers have a chance to learn about my country's history. might as well visit Romania, it will be worth it 10times over.
I would love to visit Romania someday. Hopefully I will have the chance.
Vlad is a very complex figure. He's seen as a hero in Romania for a few reasons -- mainly yes, because he fought for independence, was seen as a real patriot, but also because of his very... um... aggressive anti-corruption policies. (Executing/torturing thieves, scamming merchants, corrupt officials etc). --> part of why he was so tough on nobles is out of revenge for how they betrayed his family.
So although he was quite a tyrant, and it wasn't like he was much of a populist either, the common people (even nowadays) have a good opinion about him -- seen as tough, but fair.
One Romanian anecdote (likely a myth) goes that back when Vlad was in charge, the local well in the city centre had a golden cup that you could use to drink. No one dared to steal it. But as soon as he was deposed, the cup was stolen.
There's even a saying that is sometimes used to this day in Romanian that goes: "Unde esti tu Tepes, doamne?" which roughly translates to "Where are you Tepes, our lord?" -- longing for him/someone like him to return; people like low crime rates, what can I say XD
This positive image of his is also because Communists pushed many of our Medieval Warlords (who were sometimes very flawed people, power-hungry, tyrants, or who had mediocre results in their wars) as larger-than-life heroes and real patriots for propaganda purposes. To affirm our long and noble lineage (and not that we were a subjugated people in between powers, and who very often had to bend the knee to survive).
So for a long time, while reading a Romanian history book, you would mostly see Vlad's victories and successful treaties and campaigns rather than his failures, for example. Although nowadays that has changed, for the most part. Many people now also understand and accept that these warlords were far from perfect -- although they are still idealised sometimes, due to Romania still being quite corrupt, sadly.
Source, I'm a Romanian :)
Tulai doamne.... Da mare descriere ai mai facut xd
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Thank you for the detailed information, and thank you for Gheorge Hagi! Greetings from Istanbul, Turkey.
Just need to give this guy some cred... He has gotten nearly 200,000 subs in just about 6 months. Keep on going!
One of the biggest problems with Vlad from a historical standpoint is that almost all the primary sources from the time were written by his enemies- either the Ottomans or the Magyars or the Germans; all of whom had very good reason to make him look as bad as possible.
He was a bad guy
If you slaughter men, women, and children directly with your command of course you are a hero and the bad narrative only came because they are all your "enemies".
@@yj9032 isn't that your average king's and queen's in that time? lol.
@@yj9032 to his enemies, indeed he was a bad guy to his people though kinda down the middle you didn't want to cross him but if you did right by him he would remember that.
@@abdurrahimsomyaprasido6714 You say that because he slaughtered your men, women, and children. But what did the sultan do during those times? Offer flowers and warm meals to his enemies?
I’m Romanian so I’m glad to see this!
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For rectifying, Moldova is an entire region split into two states esentially. The part that is part of Romania and simply called Moldova, and the Republic of Moldova, outside of Romania that is its own country, however culturally identify as Romanian most of the time. Moldova is both Romania and another nation.
And it is Moldova, Moldavia is just an english term for it. The three romanian names are Transylvania, Moldova, and the one other countries called Walachia is actually called Romania, or the Romanian Country. During the country's history, Romania started getting cultural and political recognition and approvement from both Transylvania and Moldova and decided to unite the country under one, named Romania. The first unity was formed after the country succesfully became independent from the Ottoman Empire, as Transylvania and Romania became Romania, and then in WW1, Moldova was added and resulted in modern great Romania. The only reason the Republic of Moldova exists as a separate state is because of USSR meddling during the USSR's terrible reign over the communist regime. In the present most of the Republic of Moldova consider themselves Romania, however the politics side of things want it to stay as a separate state for a lot of complex and subjective reasons.
@@elsienova4269 As a french we sadly don't learn anything about it but it sounds rather interesting
@@elsienova4269, Thanks for sharing these details with the audience. As a Romanian myself however, I do need to correct you on a couple of points:
1) While it is true that Romanians prefer to refer to the region between the Carpathians and the Danube as "Țara Românească" (lit. "The Romanian Country"), the term that foreigners tend to use ("Wallachia") is also accurate, as it literally translates to "the land of the Vlachs", where "Vlachs" is an alternative name for the Romanians. Also, we never referred to that region simply as "Romania"; Romania has only been the name of the larger country after the Union.
2) The first (Smaller) Union you're referring to actually happened between the principalities of Wallachia and Moldova in 1859; they were initially known as the United Principalities and later became the Kingdom of Romania. Transylvania only joined in with the second (Greater) Union in 1918, after WWI.
3) What might create some confusion is the fact that Bessarabia also joined the Kingdom in 1918. Bessarabia is a region east of the Prut river which accounts for pretty much half of the historical territory of the Principality of Moldova and which has changed hands a lot between Russia and Moldova/Romania during the XIX and the XX centuries. That region was annexed during WWII by the USSR and later got its independence after the dissolution of the USSR; we know it today as the Republic of Moldova. While the people in both the *Republic of Moldova* and the *Romanian region of Moldova* speak the same variety of the Romanian language (with small variations), it's important that the two should not be confused. It should also be noted that the cultural heartland of the historical Principality of Moldova with the cities of Iași and Suceava are in present-day Romania.
@@duxromanorum9861, as is your username. Why you gotta go and randomly attack people in what is an otherwise chill discussion? Have you no other way to channel your frustrations?
Also, you came in waving your knowledge on the subject, but what came out of it was a confusing wall of text, full of information irrelevant to the thread and to the point that was being made in the video. Drowning people in unnecessary details is useless to the purpose of teaching them something new.
@@duxromanorum9861 sure.
1400s wallachia diplomatic relations can be basically described with the phrases, "I'll timed death/defeats" and "Betting on the wrong horse."
My grandfather fought the ottomans in Syria for independence, but at that time of the Ottoman Empire it was very popular in Syria, they just started treating everyone who isn’t Turkish as a second class citizen
Syria definitely has been through bad times
Yeah, after they got betrayed by literally everyone who isn't Turkish at the time.
Right, cuz we all know that the Arabs betrayed the Turkish after being treated so well. It’s not like Jamal Pasha is literally called “the bloody” cuz he caused massacres across the levant area
@@phelinx623 if you treat people like shit they will rebel
@@zainsalhani4705 They started rebelling way before that. Treating minorities as second class citizens thing started when the Young Turks seized the government in 1909. Also the Young Turks movement and it's actions are not something I approve for sure. In an empire you can't oppress minorities if you do, that's what happens.
The Mandela Effect, also known as "the thing people say to make them forgetting something sound cooler".
Its amazing how much of European history is boiled down to what happened in England, France, and Germany (And if you looking at ancient history the Roman Empire and Greece). Thanks to this channel and the videos youve done covering the Ottoman Empire and now this series, it really opens my eyes to just how much larger that history is. How much world changing history happened in Eastern Europe. Would you be open to doing some history series on Spain and Portugal? I feel like that is history that often get ignored unless its about the Spanish Inquisition or the colonizing of the new world.
Flashpoint history podcast and CZcams channel has a really in-depth series on the 900 years of Muslim Spain.
probably because Spain and Portugal stayed out of major European conflicts.
Also, if you think about how Francia was divided after Charlemagne's son, Louis the Pious, died, you'd probably get why there's so many conflicts in central Europe.
One funny thing is "Hostage" in both Western and East Asian (to my knowledge) are basically the same. They are more like "Hey this is my good willing of relationship" kinda thing. Even back in ancient Chinese states this was a common practice. Some princes were treated badly, but some are very well-trained.
I believe "Host", "Hospitality" and "Hospital" come from the same root, linguistically.
And just like with a hospital, some may be more willing guests than others.
Royal houses were political pawns for much of history, and wives were traded as gestures of goodwill. We really don't know how willing most of them were.
The thing about seeing historical figures so differently based on where you live? My mind immediately went to Benedict Arnold. Someone who's name is slandered across America as this vile figure pretty much to this day. And meanwhile in Britain you got people building statues honoring him and upholding him as a brave, forthright figure of justice and conscious.
8:30 Remember Theon Greyjoy was a hostage being kept by Ned Stark in Game of Thrones.
"Power is a lot like real estate. It's all about location, location, location. The closer you are to the source, the higher your property value"
As I often say to my students, a history book is not "History". It's a political project of the one who wrote it, to enforce one or another founding myth of the nation. Not that the facts in it are necessarely wrong, but what is omitted is always very intentional.
The Victors write the history. It's as simple and cruel as that. Do I believe all German soldiers in WWII were evil Nazis? Of course not. Do I believe all soldiers in the CSA military were cruel slaveowners? Absolutely not.
Yet these are commonly taught lies. We are all individuals at the mercy of our governments. Yes, we can disobey but to do so is fraught with perhaps even greater peril for ourselves and our families.
Yet we are taught to judge others because it fills a political narrative.
This will always be the result as long as we are taught about "groups" rather than individuals facing difficult choices.
@@timothyblackburn2830 uhuh. commonly taught lies that SOOOOO MANY people believe. I can’t think of one person that who believes that shit. at least not that passed 9th grade
Another example of living with your enemy and understanding them and then going to war with them would probably be of Arminius who was also a hostage of the Romans and fought for them in the Illyrian Revolt and then fought against Rome a couple years later
Thank you so much for mentioning ancestry I have found so many things like all my ancestors who fought in wars, when they came to America, it’s awesome. One of the coolest things in my opinion is that my x7 great grandfather was wounded in the American Revolution while serving with the Virginia Line
Cool to see you cover this series! I've already watched all of the parts, but together with you it's going to be even more fun!
I love your videos. As someone who was born into a Romanian family, Vlad was someone in history in which I had great interest, this was an exciting find.
I just wanted to make one, tiny, correction. Moldova is indeed a country now, but there is still a region in northeastern Romania called Moldova (or Moldavia), which borders the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Let’s go love this series, Poland loves Romania!
lol, sure
sure, lol
Hi im from Romania and we love Vlad the Impaler
Loving these reactions! It’s great to be able to enjoy the videos you reacting to with your insight!!! Somethings those videos explain to quickly and don’t really understand it truly. You sir will now be my history teacher!
I have already watched the original series, but I will still watch your series just to see what added information you have ♥
He makes it much better for sure!
This is actually something I know a lot about. I spent 2 months last year researching Vlad.
Can you tell something interesting about Vlad I am really curious
Hello from south Louisiana I was just able to get some internet after this horrible hurricane and I’m grateful for all your videos. They always make for a great time! Keep them coming.
One of my favourite youtube channels and I couldn't pin down exactly why. He's a knowledgeable, humble dude who doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. Great to listen to in the background.
For the hostage part of the video, if anyone doesn’t quite get it just think of Theon Greyjoy in Game Of Thrones
one of my favourite historical figures and I am so happy and thanks for doing this
knowledgia does a video on this topic
Let's go, just finished the series itself, excited for this series too!!!
YES ! I was waiting for this :)
Keep up the good work! I love your videos being a history buff myself 👍
Yay new vid! Love the videos.
Thanks for your warm explained reactions
This is awesome. Take a look at the Bulgarian history from formation to before Ottaman to after. It could lead to good series with a lot of nice info to learn.
Someone on CZcams: *talks about Vlad the Impaler*
Me, a Romanian: Who summoned me?
Ah, the Vlad Delivery Service works!
So happy always to see a video from EC but specifically Vlad the impaler. Hopefully the next part of the construction comes out soon I can't wait for that one too
Absolutely true about how different cultures view historical figures. Chinggis Khan is revered in Mongolia and inner Mongolia but seen as a bloodthirsty conqueror in Europe and the rest of Asia.
That's the same for many nations, we all have some leaders who were mighty conquerors but history doesnt remember them so nicely
His story would make a damn good movie
Dracula reminds me a lot of Arminius, raised as hostage by the same people he will defeat one day in Teutoburg.
Justinian - Extra History . long but amazing
Three kingdoms by oversimplified please
I love that Extra History’s opening jingle is from the snes game Actraiser
4:30 I’m from Northern Ireland, half of the people here have VERY different opinions on William of orange than the other half of the people lol
Aetius was a hostage to the Huns in his youth, in a similar way to Vlad. Amazing how definitions and connotations change over time.
Vlad is one of those history characters I always have a doubt about, now I can get them clarified! Thanks!
no you can't. Foreigners still think we're obsessed with him because of his brutal killings. In reality, we're obsessed with Stefan his cousin who had a bigger impact on romanian society and what we love about Vlad is his unwavering commitment to justice and hard work, not the killing innocents thing
You should check out the life story of Lord Bryon, I believe his stories that he heard on his travels inspired his friends, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley to write their stories, Frankenstein and Dracula, respectively. Lord Byron is a very interesting character!
I absolutely agree that Byron is an interesting figure, and know you know the correct order, but just like to point out you’ve accidentally said Stoker wrote Frankenstein and Shelley wrote Dracula
@@johnwhittaker311 Sorry my mistake but you get the gist :)
What you have missed is the fact that Moldova is actually split into Romanian Moldova (The most developed and populated part) and Independent Moldova (because Russians)
I like how I know about most of this history from Dracula untold well at least the set up. At least I learn a bit of how things work
Very Good Video
Greetings from Turkey to everyone and especially our Romanian and Moldovan friends 💖🇷🇴
6:30 or "The Seven Words You Can't Say On Television".
The part where you talk about how some historical figures are seen in vastly different lights depending on where you are was pretty interesting to me. In fact, we have a prime example here in South America in Solano Lopez, Paraguay's leader during the Paraguayan War. Growing up in Brazil, I was always taught that he was a bloodthirsty dictator who plunged his country into an unwinnable war, so I was surprised to find out that many paraguayans view him as a national hero.
Which version i closest to the truth is difficult to ascertain, but it's fascinating how strongly propaganda can shape the way societies view their own past.
I still wait for the Great Northern War
(I'm a German) A little German lesson. We have 3 articles for "the", "der" (maskulin/masculine), "die" (feminin/feminine), "das" (neutral/neutral) and we have our version of he (er), she (sie) and it (es). "The ship" (das Schiff) is neutral, but if you address a ship by it's name (the Iowa/die Iowa, the Bismarck/die Bismarck) it's feminin. A specific ship is therefore addressed as "sie" (she).(This accounts for spaceships too, "sie, die Enterprise")
Correct!
IIRC, there were some leading Nazis back in the day that suggested, the Bismarck should be addressed as 'he' (so, 'der Bismarck') due to it's might. But even today everybody in Germany says 'Die Bismarck'. It wouldn't even really make sense because if you said 'Der Bismarck' everyone would assume you're talking about Otto v. Bismarck.
Not some leading Nazis. The whole Bismarck as a "he" thing has one WW2 source. Just one. It was the highest ranking surviving officer from Bismarck, who claimed Captain Lindemann wanted Bismarck called "he" because of its power.
@@VloggingThroughHistory And that fact that Tirpitz, Bismarck's sister ship was always referred to as a "she" "The Lonely Queen of the North" was her nickname.
@@VloggingThroughHistory Ah thanks, that was it! But yeah, it never stuck - I've never heard anyone call the Bismarck a 'he', neither in conversation nor in any historical German text.
Keep up the good work , From Romania
A good example of a figure arm differently depending on geography is Chairman Mao or Starlin, both venerated in their own countries but everywhere else rightfully seen as tyrants
Idk if you play EU4, but it has taught me quite a bit about this era. Grand strategy game, you can play almost any major nation in the world from 1454 to 1822. Highly recommended for any strategy gamers who enjoy history.
Vladimir (III) the Transylvanian. A fearsome warrior/monster. I only knew him from The Deadliest Warrior TV Series when he fought Sun Tsu.
Wow. I love that I wasn’t aware that Vlad was related to the story of Sigismund. I learned a lot about Sigismund from the video game Kingdom Come. Hearing the history behind Charles the IV, and the struggle for power in Bohemia from the lense of that game, while not a true story, is based in history that WAS true. I actually have a costume I made and bought to look like a 15th century Bohemian Noble. Even got a cool sword made.
It's so anticlimactic "son of a dragon, Dracula. Thanks so much for morning brew"
You this is first time I ever fully learned about vlad the impaler
You should react to The Battle of Blair Mountain by The Great War. The 100 year anniversary of the battle was yesterday and not many people have heard about it.
You're up for a doozy, i wasn't prepared for how hardcore Vlad was.
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Actually had a situation like this before. I don't even remember where I picked this up, but I remember coming across the factoid that the US made it law that we have a greater navy than the top 8 in size. When I was called on this and looked it up, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not a proud moment for me....
6:12 my history teacher taught me something called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle meaning you can never be 100% sure of everything you hear so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. 99.9% 0.01%
Vlad is an important part of Romania, but we don't really treat him like a hero or saint. It's nearly impossible to find a street or a school named after him. The national poet of Romania, Mihai Eminescu, suggested in a poem that (in his times) the politicians were so corrupt that ressurecting Vlad the Impaler would be a great idea. Every educated romanian is aware that Vlad was bloody, but when they are very pissed off on politicians they use to say that Vlad should came back to the throne in order to scare the corrupt politicians.
Small clarification: “Dracul” means “the Devil” in Romanian language.
[Update] Looks like in medieval times “Dracul” indeed meant “Dragon”.
In modern Romanian, yes. In 15th century Romanian, it meant dragon, not devil.
Thank you. I confirm, Wikipedia says the same. Had no idea..
Another clarification: half of “Moldavia” is the current historical region of “Moldova” in Romania, the other side (West of Prut river) is the country of “Moldova”.
Another hero/villan example - and it’s even different view not between enemies but between people of allied countries: Wilson. While he’s considered as the worst president in his homeland, without him and his international policies there’d be probably no Czechoslovakia. Some even considered him as a founding father of CS during the First Republic.
Need to see a reaction to the Justinian Extra History series
hystorical modovia is split in half, one half is the Republic of Modova and the other is a region in Romania
When is Checkmate Lincolnites coming? Always loved those ones bc they are so in depth with your reactions.
Romania is formed from former Valachia, former Moldova minus Basarabia (Basarabia is currently known as Moldavian Republic which is a separate country), Transylvania, Banat.
Got my own taste first by Tooky history, pretty funny
Also, Moldavia like Wallachia was settled by the Huns,Romans and Dacians whilst Moldova was settled by the Slavs and Vikings from Kievan Rus and Scandinavia.
no it was settled by romanians why do you all act like we're different peoples. Also it's Bessarabia not moldova. Or you can call it the Republic of Moldova
That map from 1600 was Romania under Michael the Brave which I think is a much more interesting historical figure than Vlad Tepes. There is an incredible series about him made by HistoryMarche, here on CZcams.
Perspectives on historical figures: "Take Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish all despise him! But to the British he's a hero and they idolize him!" - A Professional Pirate, Muppet Treasure Island
Have you ever considered reacting to Historia Civilis or History Buff videos? Civilis mainly does classical history and Buff reviews history movies.
Vlad's actual name is Vlad Țepeș and fun fact we nowadays use "Țeapă" for "scam". Tough, I don't know if it comes from there, but it sounds too close and kind of same meaning to not be true ! 😃
Țepeș isn't a name, it's a nickname meaning 'the Impaler'. His actual family name was the House of Basarab. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Basarab
@@adamlatosinski5475 we're romanians, we know
Place through which humans started populating europe, place that bordered the helenistic world (even persian world, considering darius I himself brought his armies up to the danube), place divided during roman times (half was romanized, half was outside roman borders), place that saw all the massive eastern barbarian migrations into europe from the huns to the slavs, place that was the border of the great schism in the christian church...and so on and so on. In modern times it stayed and stays as a place of border between west, east and middle east. It's a place where corruption is high and politicians are greatly despised (i think because of all those centuries in history where you needed to make nice with at least two of your three big neighbors if you wanted to survive as a nation and as a people). It's also a place that was conveniently maintained by the major powers (austro-hungarian empire, ottoman empire and russian empire) as a buffer zone to prevent major loses on all sides
7:46 looks like the guy is flipping the bird 😂🤣.
9:38 only the part that was a Soviet Republic is a separate country. The bulk of it is still part of Romania. It's kind of like the Macedonia situation with most of Macedonia in Greece but the old Yugoslavian portion becoming independent.
no it's not. Greek Macedonia and FYROM have different cultures and ethnicities. Moldova and the republic of Moldova have the exact same culture and ethnicity, I know this because I am a moldovan
@@danc7934 saying something is "kind of alike" is not the same as saying "exactly alike". No two situations are completely alike. Any discussion involving the Balkans is a tinder box especially if it involves anything related to Romania, Serbia or Hungary in some way. Bulgaria wanted the whole of "Macedonia" before WWI, so geographically it was seen as one expansive region that got chopped up by empires and wars. This is a separate consideration from who has moved into the territory over the last two thousand years and whether they are truly Macedonian or not. For the purposes of helping understand adjacent territories of the same name, the comparison is accurate in terms of establishing the right frame of mind.
Would love to see you watch the erb vlad the impaler vs Count Dracula
HA!!! Baba Yaga's hut during "Location Location Location!"
3rd! Love your channel!
Hostage= "Honored guest"
As a Romanian, I found this fun. But from a historical standpoint, he has too much myth atributed to him. For rulers of Valachia, now more or less Muntenia region from Romania, you should check out my personal favorite: Mircea Cel Batran ( the Elder). He was Vlad's grandfather, had a long reign, even participated in some lesser known crusades, ruled over a stable province. Vlad was not overly brutal, he was pretty much on par with the times. The main fault I see with him is that he was battling other Romanians ( at that time people of the Moldova region with the more important Stefan cel Mare for Romanian myth and history) and was even imprisoned by the hungarians. Later in his life, he often relied on Otoman support, which kind of takes from his Champion against muslims image. Also, Moldova is not a separate country, it is a region of Romania. There is a separate Republic of Moldova, former Basarabia, that is also Romanian speaking and intertwined with Romanian history, but has history too complicated to explain in a YT comment.
Sidenote might want to check out the lies episode when you're done with this series
Suggestion: Could you put a timestamp when you start the Reaction,
Just a quality of life improvement!
I know you like historically based video games, and you probably know this, but Sigismund and his sacking of Silver Skalitz in Bohemia in 1403 is the basis for the game Kingdom Come Deliverance. One of my all time favorite games. - J. E. Sandoval
You should make a video about Stephan The great who was a Moldovan king who is known for defeating the Ottomans colossally
Romania is made now out of 3 regions The country of romania in south , moldova in east , transilvania in west and The republic of moldova is the country placed in east of romania
The Balkans were a powder keg before actual powder kegs were even invented.
Good and evil mostly comes down to a matter of perspective....my favorite analogy of this; Lion vs Gazelle, to the lion he's (or she's) just hungry, nothing personal. To the gazelle the lion is an evil psychopath that wants to not only kill me but also EAT ME!
the bismark being a HE i think it was an informal thing only from his crew cause they called it Otto among them
I guess he ran out of energy to make a title lol
Off topic to the video, but do you have any recommendations for presidential biographies? I’m trying to read one on every president, and so far have read one on Clinton, Reagan, Truman, John Adam’s, Taft, H. W. Bush, Eisenhower, Monroe, JFK, Grant, Madison, Hoover, Jackson, Filmore, and Coolidge (as you can tell there’s no rhyme or reason to the order in which I’m reading them lol) I would appreciate suggestions for any presidents, including ones I’ve already read a biography about. Maybe you could even do a video with just suggestions on what biographies are worth checking out.
Also, as I’ve heard you talk about it before, Ron Chernow’s Grant is one of my favorite biographies I’ve read so far.
Thanks for any suggestions you may have.
I would describe hostages as "this is the other part of your hiers as political bargaining tools similar to marriages"
Did a paper on him when at University. Interesting character.