SNAFUBAR is a show about strategic and moral military errors and mishaps, and the myths that both lead to and then justify them. The histories they look at will make clear the degree to which the U.S. is a warful nation, contrary to the myth of a peaceful nation regularly compelled, against its will, to go to war. Through every episode, the show uncovers how we romanticize and fetishize the military while not always providing the support it needs to carry out its intended (or stated) goals, or to meet veterans’ needs when they return from combat.
SNAFUBAR is part of the Cal Poly Humboldt network and is hosted by Dr. Jeff Crane (Environmental Historian and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) and Dr. Sara Hart (Chair, Applied Humanities Department).
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America's engagement is yet another chapter in Afghanistan's long history. -
How U.S. support for counter-Soviet forces in Afghanistan helped usher in the modern-day jihadist movement. -
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In 1953, the CIA conducted a covert operation to overthrow Muhammad Mossadegh, the democratically elected leader of Iran. -
Winter uniforms, or the lack there of, during the Korean War was a classic SNAFUBAR. -
"Poultry Chemical Confirmation Devices" were the military's canary-in-a-coalmine. -
How did a 22 year-old find himself up against 700 French and Native American troops? -
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George Washington: "Father of our nation, and doer of many SNAFUs."
