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Ep. 10 | Patton vs. the Red Army | A Potential Showdown with the Soviets | Daniel Wrinn 38:11

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What if the Cold War had ignited into a full-scale battle between the Allies and the Soviet Union right after World War II? Get ready for a mind-bending exploration of this alternate history scenario, where General George S. Patton is unleashed to confront the Red Army. We dive into the strategic and logistical challenges of such a confrontation, f…

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Andrew Stravers et al., "Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opinion" (Oxford UP, 2022) 42:22

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The United States stands at a crossroads in international security. The backbone of its international position for the last 70 years has been the massive network of overseas military deployments. However, the US now faces pressures to limit its overseas presence and spending. In Beyond the Wire: US Military Deployments and Host Country Public Opini…

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SPECIAL: RNR - Battle of Kohima (Part 2) 41:18

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Pete and Gary revisit one of their most popular series - the story of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the Second World War. In this episode we rejoin the regiment as the Battle of Kohima rages on. Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary in 2025! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more information! Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publisher: Mat McLachlan Prod…

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Gunner Albert Neil (Neale) Cleary: The Sandakan Death March 43:16

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Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of war, suffering, and the experiences of prisoners of war, which may be distressing for some listeners. 20-MARCH-1945. While serving as a Gunner in the 2/15 Field Regiment, Gunner Albert Niel Cleary became a tragic symbol of the suffering endured by Australian prisoners of war during the Second Wo…

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Artur Gruszczak and Sebastian Kaempf, "Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare" (Routledge, 2023) 1:20:39

3d ago1:20:39

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This handbook provides a comprehensive, problem-driven and dynamic overview of the future of warfare. The volatilities and uncertainties of the global security environment raise timely and important questions about the future of humanity's oldest occupation: war. Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare (Routledge, 2023) edited by Artur Gruszcza…

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Ep. 9 | WWII Japanese Internment | A Spy Network Unrealized on American Soil | Daniel Wrinn 42:13

4d ago42:13

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What if the decision not to intern Japanese Americans during World War II had changed the course of history? Imagine a scenario where Japan could have built a formidable spy network right on American soil, significantly impacting the outcome of battles in the Pacific theater. This episode revisits the real historical context of Japanese internment,…

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Ep. 8 | WWI Assassination | Archduke Ferdinand’s Survival and a Century Without World War | Daniel Wrinn 1:11:17

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What if a single moment in 1914 could have changed the course of history, averting the devastation of two world wars? Today, we tackle this intriguing question and imagine a Europe where the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand never happened. We'll explore an alternate history where diplomacy outweighs militarism, and the Austro-Hungarian Emp…

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Mark Stoyle, "A Murderous Midsummer: The Western Rising of 1549" (Yale UP, 2022) 46:35

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The Western Rising of 1549 was the most catastrophic event to occur in Devon and Cornwall between the Black Death and the Civil War. Beginning as an argument between two men and their vicar, the rebellion led to a siege of Exeter, savage battles with Crown forces, and the deaths of 4,000 local men and women. It represents the most determined attemp…

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Ep. 7 | Cuban Missile Crisis | Alternate Paths That Could Have Led to War | Daniel Wrinn 1:12:40

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What would have happened if the Cuban Missile Crisis had spiraled into a full-blown nuclear war? Discover the gripping narrative of one of the Cold War's most perilous moments as we dissect the tense 13-day standoff that nearly led the US and the Soviet Union to an unprecedented catastrophe. From the shocking discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba to…

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Ep. 6 | The Korean War | What If Truman Hadn't Fired MacArthur? | Daniel Wrinn 1:30:40

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What if General Douglas MacArthur had never been relieved of his command during the Korean War? Explore the profound and provocative implications of such a decision as we unpack the tension between MacArthur's bold military strategies and President Truman's cautious diplomacy. This episode takes you on a journey through an alternate history that co…

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Ronald Drabkin, "Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor" (William Morrow, 2024) 42:24

9d ago42:24

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Frederick Rutland—”Rutland of Jutland”—was a war hero, renowned World War I aviator…and a Japanese spy. In the years leading up to Pearl Harbor, Rutland shared information on U.S. aviation and naval developments to the Japanese, desperate for knowledge of U.S. capability. The funny thing was, as Ron Drabkin notes in his book Beverly Hills Spy: The …

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SPECIAL: RNR - Battle of Kohima (Part 1) 39:56

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Pete and Gary revisit one of their most popular series - the story of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the Second World War. This episode is the first in a special four-part series about the famous Battle of Kohima. Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary in 2025! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more information! Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publisher: …

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Friederike Baer, "Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War" (Oxford UP, 2022) 1:03:07

5d ago1:03:07

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Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, they actually came from six German territories within the Holy Roman Empire. Over the course of the war, members of the German corps, including women and children, spent extended periods of time in loca…

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Simon Kuznets and the Invention of the Economy 1:05:56

8d ago1:05:56

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Economics sometimes feels like a physics–so sturdy, so objective, and so immutable. Yet, behind every clean number or eye-popping graph, there is usually a rather messy story, a story shaped by values, interests, ideologies, and petty bureaucratic politics. In Cited Podcast’s new mini-series, the Use and Abuse of Economic Expertise, we tell the hid…

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SPECIAL: RNR - Redeploying to India 43:57

16d ago43:57

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Pete and Gary revisit one of their most popular series - the story of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the Second World War. The Royal Norfolk Regiment are on the move again! This time, they have no idea where - until their ship arrives in India! Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary in 2025! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more information! Presenters: Peter…

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Beatrice de Graaf, "Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815" (Cambridge UP, 2020) 54:27

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After twenty-six years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious powers craved stability after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. With the threat of war and revolutionary terror still looming large, the coalition launched an unprecedented experiment to re-establish European security. With over one million troops remainin…

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Eran Ortal, "Battle Before the War: The Inside Story of the IDF's Transformation" (Dado Center, 2023) 1:01:55

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A critical challenge for militaries is preparing for future, not past, wars. History shows that success often depends on accurately interpreting and harnessing technological and societal changes. In the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), this transformation process has been ongoing, with Brigadier General Eran Ortal as a key advocate for a new paradigm. …

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E. L. Gaston, "Illusions of Control: Dilemmas in Managing U.S. Proxy Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria" (Columbia UP, 2024) 1:02:07

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Over the last two decades, the United States has supported a range of militias, rebels, and other armed groups in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Critics have argued that such partnerships have many perils, from enabling human rights abuses to seeding future threats. Policy makers, however, have sought to mitigate the risks of partnering with irregul…

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Thomas Weber, “Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi” (Basic Books, 2017) 1:11:09

17d ago1:11:09

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Few would dispute that Hitler’s ideas led to war and genocide. Less clear however, is how and when those ideas developed. In his latest book, Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi (Basic Books, 2017), Thomas Weber highlights the years between 1918 and 1926 as the period in which Hitler’s worldview developed. Challenging Hitler’s own narrative, as w…

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SPECIAL: RNR - Rebuilding in England 52:38

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Pete and Gary revisit one of their most popular series - the story of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the Second World War. The Royal Norfolk Regiment is back in England after the fighting in France and the shocking loss of 100 of their members at the massacre at Le Paradis. Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary in 2025! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more …

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Rachel O'Sullivan, "Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule: Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective" (Bloomsbury, 2023) 1:03:05

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Nazi Germany, Annexed Poland and Colonial Rule: Resettlement, Germanization and Population Policies in Comparative Perspective (Bloomsbury, 2023) examines Nazi Germany's expansion, population management and establishment of a racially stratified society within the Reichsgaue (Reich Districts) of Wartheland and Danzig-West Prussia in annexed Poland …

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Donald R. Hickey, "Tecumseh's War: The Epic Conflict for the Heart of America" (Westholme, 2023) 35:13

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The Shawnee leader Tecumseh came to prominence in a war against the United States waged from 1811 to 1815. In 1805, Tecumseh's younger brother Lalawethika (soon to be known as "the Prophet") had a vision for an Indian revitalization movement that would restore Native culture and resist American expansion. Tecumseh organized the growing support for …

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Helena F. S. Lopes, "Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: Macau during the Second World War" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:52:09

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The South China enclave of Macau was the first and last European colonial settlement in East Asia and a territory at the crossroads of different empires. In Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: Macau during the Second World War (Cambridge UP, 2023), Helena F. S. Lopes analyses the layers of collaboration that developed from neutrality in Ma…

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Isaac Blacksin, "Conflicted: Making News from Global War" (Stanford UP, 2024) 1:04:04

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How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or contested by journalists producing knowledge from war zones? Based on years of fieldwork in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, Conflicted: Making News from Global War (Stanford University …

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SPECIAL: RNR - Massacre at Le Paradis 38:14

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Pete and Gary revisit one of their most popular series - the story of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the Second World War. The fourth episode deals with the grim murder of prisoners at the hands of the Germans. Visit Gallipoli with Pete and Gary in 2025! Go to https://phbt.uk/ for more information! Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publisher: Mat…

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Zach Fredman, "The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949" (UNC Press, 2022) 1:00:52

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The Tormented Alliance: American Servicemen and the Occupation of China, 1941–1949 (UNC Press, 2022) explores the wartime partnership between China and the United States from the ground up. Beginning in 1941, and especially after Pearl Harbor, both sides had high hopes for wartime cooperation against Japan. But as The Tormented Alliance shows, ‘a m…

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Ep. 5 | Rhodesian Bush War | Cold War Frontlines in Rhodesia's Revolution | Daniel Wrinn 1:22:56

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Take a closer look at Southern Africa’s complex history in our latest episode on the Rhodesian Bush War. This protracted conflict, stretching from 1964 to 1979, was not only a pivotal moment in African history but also a significant chapter in the global Cold War and decolonization movements. We'll explore the motivations and fears of the key playe…

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James Villanueva, "Awaiting MacArthur's Return: World War II Guerrilla Resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines" (UP of Kansas, 2022) 33:36

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Over the course of World War II, guerrillas from across the Philippines opposed Imperial Japan's occupation of the archipelago. Although the guerrillas never possessed the combat strength to overcome the Japanese occupation on their own, they disrupted operations, kept the spirit of resistance alive, provided important intelligence to the Allies, a…

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Kyle Falcon, "Haunted Britain: Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the Great War" (Manchester UP, 2023) 41:40

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The Great War haunted the British Empire. Shell shocked soldiers relived the war's trauma through waking nightmares consisting of mutilated and grotesque figures. Modernist writers released memoirs condemning the war as a profane and disenchanting experience. Yet British and Dominion soldiers and their families also read prophecies about the coming…

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