Behind the Bastards

Part One: Kaiser Wilhelm: The Saddest Warlord In History

In Episode 97, Robert is joined by Jamie Loftus to discuss Kaiser Wilhelm. FOOTNOTES:
<a href="http://faculty.virginia.edu/setear/courses/howweget/william.htm">Kaiser Wilhelm</a>
<a href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-kaiser-wilhelm-ii-changed-europe-forever">HOW KAISER WILHELM II CHANGED EUROPE FOREVER</a>
<a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2014/02/the-kaiser-and-the-first-world-war/">The Kaiser and the First World War</a>
<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-happens-when-a-bad-tempered-distractible-doofus-runs-an-empire">What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kaiser-Wilhelm-II-Concise-Life/dp/1107420776">Kaiser Wilhelm Ii: A Concise Life</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kaiser-Wilhelm-II-Germanys-Emperor-ebook/dp/B01JJS75CE/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=kaiser+wilhelm+ii&amp;qid=1573703101&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-7">Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor </a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sleepwalkers-How-Europe-Went-1914/dp/0061146668/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=kaiser+wilhelm+ii&amp;qid=1573703122&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-4">The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 </a>
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.