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05 Oct
Wed

Behind the Basta...

Cracktoberfest Part Three: The Iran-Contra Affair

#william caseyus foreign policysandinista governmentcold war geopoliticscontrascovert operationsdon regangabbonifarhawk missileshezbollahiran contra affairlisbon portugaloliver northproxy warsrobert mcfarlaneronald reagan

01:09:14

24 May
Tue

Behind the Basta...

Part One: General Butt-Naked and the Liberian Civil War

#william tolbertus foreign policysamuel doeamerican colonization societycharles taylorchild soldiersciacivil warcolonialismfirestone corporationgaboyoliberian historymuammar gaddafinimba countyritual violence

01:31:27

24 Mar
Thu

Behind the Basta...

Part Four: Kissinger

#yahya khanus foreign policysheikh mujibur rahmanarcher bloodbangladesh genocideblood telegramcold war geopoliticsgeneral yahya khangeorge harrisonhenry kissingermao zedongnicolae ceaușescuoperation marco polooperation searchlightrichard nixon

01:23:50

15 Jul
Thu

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Part Two: Pappa Doc and Baby Doc: Dictators of Haiti

#valiumus foreign policytonton macoutebaby docblood plasma exportdictatorshipduvaliervillefrançois duvalierhaitian historyhuman rights abusesjean claude duvalierjean claudismjimmy carterpapa docpolitical corruption

00:59:17

15 Sep
Tue

Behind the Basta...

Part One: The Deadliest School in History

#white mans burdenvilla grimaldius foreign policyaugusto pinochetche guevaracold war historycuban revolutiongeorge kennanhugo banzerhuman rights abuseslatin american interventionslatin american training centerleopoldo galtierimanuel contrerasmonroe doctrinepan american treatyroosevelt corollarysalvador allendeschool of the americas

01:56:24