Episode 409 - The Anglo-Satsuma War

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Joe is joined by AJ, Brian, and Josh from the Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time a British trader got murdered by Samurai for being an asshole and sparked a war between the British and the Satsuma Domain.

SOURCES:

De Lange, William. The Namamugi Incident: The Murder that Sparked a War

Totman, Conrad. The collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868

Satow, Ernest. A Diplomat in Japan

Rennie, David Field. The British Arms in North China and Japan