Ep 1. THE DIPLOMAT: THOMAS JEFFERSON
This episode explores how Thomas Jefferson, often mythologized as a pacifist diplomat, became the architect of America’s first sustained overseas military campaign against the Barbary pirates, revealing a nuanced foreign policy philosophy that balanced restraint with decisive force. The h
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