PBS

Episode 2 | A Very Bloody Affair (1862)

The year 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting that ...
NPR

All democracies are fragile—here are the early signs of civil war at home and abroad

Part 2 of TED Radio Hour episode What Topples Democracies. Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism ...
The New York Times

The English Killed Their King. Was It Because of Fish?

In “The Blood in Winter,” Jonathan Healey explores the many causes of the English Civil War. By Catherine Nicholson Catherine Nicholson is a professor of English at Yale and the author of “Uncommon ...
BBC

The English Civil Wars

Charles I became King of England in 1625. He fell out with the English Parliament for several reasons. The disputes escalated into a civil war in 1642. After nearly seven years of war, Charles was ...