Once more unto the breach, dear listeners of SNAFUBAR, once more. This week on SNAFUBAR, we are going way back in time to the Battle of Agincourt. We know what you’re thinking, “What the heck does the Battle of Agincourt have to do with US military history?” Well, Agincourt serves as a cautionary tale, a story of what happens when a military fails to adapt to innovative technologies and strategies on the battlefield. Are the billion dollar battleships setting the United States up like the French at Agincourt, who failed to adapt to more cost effective and efficient weaponry? Find out on this week's episode. We hope you enjoy the show!
Today's episode is hosted by Sara Hart, Chair of the Applied Humanities Department at Cal Poly Humboldt. We’re joined by our guest host Liam Salcuni, lecturer with the History Department at Cal Poly Humboldt and usually our writer and researcher for the show.
SNAFUBAR is regularly hosted by Jeff Crane , an Environmental Historian and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt. Research and writing for the show is done by Liam Salcuni and Roman Sotomayor.
Works Cited:
- Brose, Christian, “The New Revolution in Military Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 2019.
- Cancian, Mark F., “The Golden Fleet’s Battleship Will Never Sail,” Center For Strategic and International Studies, 2025.
- Curry, Anne, Agincourt: A New History, 2006.
- Curry, Anne, Agincourt : Great Battles Series, 2015.
- Keegan, John, The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme,
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- Shakespeare, William, Henry V, 1623.
- Stephens, Bret, “The US Military Like the French at Agincourt,” New York Times, 2019.
- Warner, Michael P.,The Agincourt Campaign of 1415: The Retinues of the Dukes of Clarence and Gloucester, 2023.
- Williams, Holly et al., Ukraine Uses Drone Innovation to Help Level Battlefield in War with Russia,” CBS, 2026.
SNAFUBAR is produced by Abigail Smithson and brought to you by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt.
