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Not Another Military History Podcast

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War Elephants: A History, Episode 3: The Pyhrric War 38:08

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The Greeks continue to use elephants in bizzare ways, and Rome gets its first taste of war elephants. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotAnotherMilitaryHistoryPodcastAv Jakob Sibley

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New Books in Military History

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Gary Kulik: Conscientious Objector Who Served in Vietnam 59:35

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Gary Kulik was a Catholic Conscientious Objector (CO) during the Vietnam War, but when he was drafted he decided to go and serve as a medic. He tells me about this decision and how he arrived at it, about his journey to Vietnam, his experiences there, and his return. He also talks about how Americans often misrepresent the war in Hollywood and poli…

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Cauldron - A Military History Podcast

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War A to Z ▪️Abenaki Wars 10:16

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When the English colonists first came to the New World there was friction but, given the limits of the colonists population and power, no large scale conflict. The Abenaki homelands consisted of most of modern day New England and North East Canada. At first they had no issue with the English, so long as they stuck to the coasts. The fishing and fur…

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Pete & Gary's Military History

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Ep167: SNH in Peacetime - A Close-Run Thing! 41:32

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It's the 1960s and our old chums, the South Notts Hussars, are fighting for their very survival! Is a Second World War artillery unit still relevant in the midst of the Cold War? Become a member to listen ad-free and receive special bonus content for only £2 per month: https://plus.acast.com/s/pete-and-garys-military-history Support the show with a…

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I Was Only Doing My Job: Australia's Military History

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The Hero of Kokoda: Part Three: Major Ralph Honner: The Defence of Crete 28:03

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20-MAY-1941. While serving as a Company Commander within the 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Honner, participated in the first major engagements of the Australian Imperial Force during the Second World War including the capture of Bardia, Tobruk and the disastrous campaign in Greece before making a name of himself dur…

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The Principles of War - Lessons from Military History on Strategy, Tactics and Leadership.

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98 - Creating the doctrinal and cultural changes for effective Mission Command with Jim Storr 29:43

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This is part 2 of our interview with Dr Jim Storr, the author of Something Rotten: Land Command in the 21st Century. We discuss the correct size for a Headquarters. We discuss the selection and training of officers within the Wehrmacht. How do we affect cultural and doctrinal change within Armies to support the effective use of Mission Command? Jim…

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New Books in Military History

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Rebecca Herman, "Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America" (Oxford UP, 2022) 42:55

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During the Second World War, the United States built over two hundred defense installations on sovereign soil in Latin America in the name of cooperation in hemisphere defense. Predictably, it proved to be a fraught affair. Despite widespread acclaim for Pan-American unity with the Allied cause, defense construction incited local conflicts that bel…

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Not Another Military History Podcast

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War Elephants: A History, Episode 2: The Successor Wars 32:31

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Find out what happens when a bunch of angry Greek dudes get their hands on multiple-ton tanks with emotions. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotAnotherMilitaryHistoryPodcastAv Jakob Sibley

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New Books in Military History

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Karen Baum Gordon, "The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust" (U Tennessee Press, 2021) 1:07:27

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Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father’s attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy’s daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events that led her father to that dreadful…

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New Books in Military History

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David Wright Faladé, "Black Cloud Rising" (Grove Press, 2022) 55:00

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By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia, and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves …

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Pete & Gary's Military History

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Ep166: Jutland - Run-up to the Battle, 1914-16 57:27

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In the latest episode of our series about the Battle of Jutland, Pete and Gary examine how the naval war was going in the early part of the First World War, and paint a picture of the background that led to Admiral Jellicoe fighting a very cautious type of war. Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publisher: Mat McLachlan Producer: Jess Stebnicki B…

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New Books in Military History

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Woody Holton, "Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution" (Simon and Schuster, 2021) 53:21

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A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters. Using more than a thousand eyewitness records, Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of …

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New Books in Military History

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Nadia Abu El-Haj, "Combat Trauma: Imaginaries of War and Citizenship in Post-9/11 America" (Verso, 2022) 1:19:10

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One of the most recognizable tropes in American society in the past few decades is the scarred war veteran, returning from foreign lands with wounds both visible and invisible. His experiences are incomprehensible to those who’ve not served, but we owe him everything, and it is our duty as American citizens to honor him with nonjudgmental empathy s…

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New Books in Military History

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Tom Dunkel, "White Knights in the Black Orchestra: The Extraordinary Story of the Germans Who Resisted Hitler" (Hachette Books, 2021) 1:10:43

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They were a small group of conspirators who risked their lives by plotting relentlessly to obstruct and destroy the Third Reich from within. The Gestapo nicknamed this shadowy confederation of traitors the “Black Orchestra.” This is their tension-filled story. As the “Final Solution” unfolds, a loose network of German military officers, diplomats, …

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New Books in Military History

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Cathal J. Nolan, "Mercy: Humanity in War" (Oxford UP, 2022) 1:14:30

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Mercy: Humanity in War (Oxford University Press, 2022) gathers and explores acts of singular mercy, giving them form and substance across wars, causes, and opposing uniforms. These acts demand our attention not only for the moral uplift they supply but because they challenge assumptions about humanity itself. Rising above ordinary courage, they may…

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New Books in Military History

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Simon Parkin, "The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp" (Scribner, 2022) 1:07:48

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The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp (Scribner, 2022 is the “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected foreign agents o…

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New Books in Military History

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Ellin Bessner, "Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II" (New Jewish Press, 2018) 58:59

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Today I talked to Ellin Bessner about her book Double Threat: Canadian Jews, the Military, and World War II (New Jewish Press, 2018). "He died so Jewry should suffer no more." These words on a Canadian Jewish soldier's tombstone in Normandy inspired the author to explore the role of Canadian Jews in the war effort. As PM Mackenzie King wrote in 194…

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Pete & Gary's Military History

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REVISIT: Attack on the Dardanelles! 57:29

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It's the anniversary of the ill-fated Allied naval attack on the Dardanelles, the opening round of the Gallipoli campaign! To mark the occasion, please enjoy this special re-release of our episode from March 18, 2021. Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publisher: Mat McLachlan Producer: Jess Stebnicki Become a member to listen ad-free and receive…

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New Books in Military History

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Robin Prior, "Conquer We Must: A Military History of Britain, 1914-1945" (Yale UP, 2022) 1:50:57

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The First and Second World Wars were separated by a mere two decades, making the period 1914-1945 an unprecedentedly intense and violent era of history. But how did Britain develop its complex military strategy during these wars, and how were decisions made by those at the top? Robin Prior examines the influence politicians had on military operatio…

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New Books in Military History

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Bleddyn E. Bowen, "Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space" (Oxford UP, 2022) 47:18

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Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from the real goal: military and economic control of space as a source of power on Earth. Today, as Bleddyn E. Bowen vividly recounts in Original Sin: Power, Technology an…

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Not Another Military History Podcast

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War Elephants: A History, Episode 1: Beginnings. 32:20

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Join Jakob as he talks about the battle tanks of ancient history: war elephants! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotAnotherMilitaryHistoryPodcastAv Jakob Sibley

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Pete & Gary's Military History

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Ep165: South Notts Hussars - Rebirth! 58:03

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What's that you say? The South Notts Hussars are back?? Pete and Gary are travelling through podcast time and space, and revisiting their very first series on the South Notts Hussars, a Second World War artillery unit. In this special episode, Pete and Gary discover what became of the SNH after the war. Presenters: Peter Hart and Gary Bain Publishe…

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New Books in Military History

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The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War 35:09

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Sean Lynn-Jones, editor of International Security, interviews author John Schuessler, whose article "The Deception Dividend: FDR's Undeclared War" appears in the Spring 2010 issue of the journal. Their conversation tackles the question of whether FDR willfully deceived the American public in order to persuade them to support WWII – and touches on p…

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New Books in Military History

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Susan Colbourn, "Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO" (Cornell UP, 2022) 1:13:48

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In Euromissiles: The Nuclear Weapons That Nearly Destroyed NATO (Cornell UP, 2022), Susan Colbourn tells the story of the height of nuclear crisis and the remarkable waning of the fear that gripped the globe. In the Cold War conflict that pitted nuclear superpowers against one another, Europe was the principal battleground. Washington and Moscow ha…

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New Books in Military History

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Philip W. Blood, "Birds of Prey: Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland" (Ibidem Press, 2021) 1:08:06

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Birds of Prey: Hitler's Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland (Ibidem Press, 2021) is a microhistory of the Nazi occupation of Białowieźa Forest, Poland’s national park. The narrative stretches from Göring’s palatial lifestyle to the common soldier on the ground killing Jews, partisans, and civilians. Based entirely on previousl…

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New Books in Military History

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Iva Vukušić, "Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia" (Routledge, 2022) 52:29

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Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia: State Connections and Patterns of Violence (Routledge, 2022) examines the nature and functions of paramilitary units throughout the 1990s and their ties to the state. The study draws on the archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, which conducted do…

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Not Another Military History Podcast

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The Battle of King’s Mountain: The Most Important Revolutionary War Battle You’ve Never Heard Of 25:58

20d ago25:58

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Join Jakob as he talks about the Battle of King's Mountain, the most important Revolutionary War battle you've never heard of. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/NotAnotherMilitaryHistoryPodcastAv Jakob Sibley

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New Books in Military History

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Mark Axel Tveskov and Ashley Ann Bissonnette, "Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War: Beyond the Battlefield" (UP of Florida, 2023) 1:28:49

22d ago1:28:49

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Mark Axel Tveskov and Ashley Ann Bissonnette's Conflict Archaeology, Historical Memory, and the Experience of War: Beyond the Battlefield (UP of Florida, 2023) presents approaches to the archaeology of war that move beyond the forensic analysis of battlefields, fortifications, and other sites of conflict to consider the historical memory, commemora…

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