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116 Wag the Dog
A few years after his coup, the opposition against Gustav III was growing. In an attempt to improve his popularity–and to reclaim some of the land lost in the War of the Hats–he decided to start a war against Russia. Unf...
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116 Wag the Dog is an episode from The Scandinavian History Podcast by Mikael Shainkman. A few years after his coup, the opposition against Gustav III was growing. In an attempt to improve his popularity–and to reclaim some of the land lost...
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Published Sep 12, 2025, 33:39 long, audio available.
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A few years after his coup, the opposition against Gustav III was growing. In an attempt to improve his popularity–and to reclaim some of the land lost in the War of the Hats–he decided to start a war against Russia. Unfortunately for the king, he wasn’t allowed to start wars, but Gustav wasn’t going to let minor details like that stop him.
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116 Wag the Dog is an episode from The Scandinavian History Podcast by Mikael Shainkman.
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116 Wag the Dog is from The Scandinavian History Podcast by Mikael Shainkman.
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Published Sep 12, 2025 and 33:39 long