By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Tessa Murphy joins us to discuss her book, The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean. Tessa is an Associate Professor in the History Department at Syracuse University. Her research and teaching interests lie in the history of the colonial Americas, broadly defined to include the Caribbean, Central and South America, and what are now Canada and the United States.

Download Sea Control 530 – The Creole Archipelago with Dr. Tessa Murphy

Links

1. The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean, by Tessa Murphy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.

2. Sea Control 227 – Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford, CIMSEC, February 15, 2021.

3. Sea Control 505 – Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton, CIMSEC, March 28, 2024.

4. Captives of Conquest – Slavery in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean, by Erin Woodruff Stone, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.

5. Soldiers, Sugar and Seapower – The British Expeditions to the West Indies and the War Against Revolutionary France, by Michael Duffy, Oxford University Press, 1987.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and executive producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

By Jared Samuelson

Kate Walsh joins the podcast to discuss her new book, China’s Blue Economy: Evolution and Geostrategic Implications. Kate is an associate professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College where she has taught policy analysis since 2006.

Download Sea Control 528 – China’s Blue Economy with Kate Walsh

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This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Bestselling author Hampton Sides joins us to discuss his latest book, The Wide Wide Sea, and the final voyage and complex legacy of Captain James Cook.

Download Sea Control 527 – The Wide Wide Sea with Hampton Sides

Links

1. The Wide Wide Sea – Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, April 9, 2024.

2. In the Kingdom of Ice – The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, May 26, 2015.

3. Hampton Sides website.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.

By Jared Samuelson

In Part Two of this two-part episode, American journalist Abraham Rabinovich recounts the story of the Israeli Navy’s first squadron of missile boats, as well as the first missile battles at sea.

Abraham is a historian and journalist who has published several books on recent Israeli history. As a reporter, his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The New Republic, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Download Sea Control 524 – The Boats of Cherbourg with Abraham Rabinovich (Part 2)

Links

1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013.   

2. Abraham Rabinovich’s website. 

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.