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Join us as we journey through the great events and personalities who have shaped America into what it is from Foundation to Today. Based on a longer, more detailed book which will be available on our Patreon page, each part of this ongoing audio series looks at a specific event and what it tells us of the systemic reality behind it. It is not a pretty story but well worth hearing as we reveal the truth behind the myths and propaganda of the country that is the complete opposite of what it claims to be. This is important not as an intellectual exercise but because what America really is impacts...

SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny became a legend in his own time. "Hitler's favorite commando" acquired a reputation as a man of daring, renowned for his audacious 1943 mission to extricate Mussolini from a mountain-top prison. He could be brave and resourceful, but was also a notorious egoist and an unrepentant Nazi until the end of his life. Stuart Smith draws on years of in-depth research to uncover the truth about Skorzeny's career and complex personality.

Yevgeni Nikolaev was one of Russia's leading snipers in World War II, and his memoir provides an unparalleled account of front-line action in crucial theaters of war. Nikolaev is credited with a remarkable 324 kills, and his wartime service included time in the siege of Leningrad in 1941/1942. His memoir is not a neutral, apolitical account. As a member of the NKVD, it is not surprising that his memoir is full of historical misinterpretation and justification of the agency's actions.