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Military History
Kurdish Studies May 7, 2021

Insurgent Women

Female Combatants in Civil Wars

Jessica Trisko Darden, Alexis Henshaw, and Ora Szekely

Hosted by Dilan Okcuoglu
Today I talked to Ora Szekely about Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown UP, 2019), which she co-edited with Jessica Trisko Darden and Alexis Henshaw. Why do women go to war in …

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History May 4, 2021

American Writers and World War I

David A. Rennie

Hosted by Ryan Tripp
In American Writers and World War I (Oxford University Press, 2020), David A. Rennie argues that authors' war writing continuously evolved in response to developments in their professional and personal lives. He examines …
History April 28, 2021

Learning Empire

Globalization and the German Quest for World Status, 1875-1919

Erik Grimmer-Solem

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
The First World War marked the end point of a process of German globalization that began in the 1870s, well before Germany acquired a colonial empire or extensive overseas commercial …
Eastern European Studies April 28, 2021

Conquering Peace

From the Enlightenment to the European Union

Stella Ghervas

Hosted by Steven Seegel
Stella Ghervas's Conquering Peace: From the Enlightenment to the European Union (Harvard University Press, 2021) is a bold new look at war and diplomacy in Europe that traces the idea of a …
Military History April 27, 2021

To Rule the Skies

General Thomas S. Power and the Rise of Strategic Air Command in the Cold War

Brent D. Ziarnick

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
A sadist. A madman. A sociopath seduced by the terrible allure of nuclear weapons. These are but a few of the pejoratives commonly used to describe United States Air Force …
History April 27, 2021

Strangling the Axis

The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War

Richard Hammond

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
In his new book, Strangling the Axis: The Fight for Control of the Mediterranean during the Second World War (Cambridge University Press, 2020) , Dr. Richard Hammond, Lecturer in War Studies …
History April 15, 2021

The Siege of Shkodra

Albania's Courageous Stand Against Ottoman Conquest, 1478

David Hosaflook (trans.)

Hosted by Krzysztof Odyniec
Mehmet the Conqueror shook Europe to its foundations when he captured Constantinople in 1453 and, over the next decades, the Ottoman sultan continued his westward advance through the Balkans and …
History April 14, 2021

Britain and Italy in the Era of the First World War

Defending and Forging Empires

Stefano Marcuzzi

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
This is a reassessment of British and Italian grand strategies during the First World War. Dr. Stefano Marcuzzi, Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute, tries to shed new …
Military History April 9, 2021

The Last Platoon

A Novel of the Afghanistan War

Bing West

Hosted by Jeffrey Bristol
The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War (Bombardier Books, 2020) is a riveting book of infantry ground combat. As a work of fiction it is superb, showing the …
Military History March 31, 2021

War of Shadows

Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis from the Middle East

Gershom Gorenberg

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
As World War II raged in North Africa, General Erwin Rommel was guided by an uncanny sense of his enemies' plans and weaknesses. In the summer of 1942, he led …
History March 24, 2021

Roosevelt's and Churchill's Atlantic Charter

A Risky Meeting at Sea that Saved Democracy

Michael Kluger and Richard Evans

Hosted by Charles Coutinho
Winston Churchill was no stranger to storms. They had engulfed him in various ways throughout his long career and he had always turned to face them with jutting jaw and …
East Asian Studies March 24, 2021

Prisoners of the Empire

Inside Japanese POW Camps

Sarah Kovner

Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Sarah Kovner’s Prisoners of the Empire: Inside Japanese POW Camps (Harvard UP, 2020) is a nuanced look at the experiences, narratives―and the popular/historical memories of those experiences and narratives―of World …
Middle Eastern Studies March 23, 2021

How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs

The Syrian Arab Congress of 1920 and the Destruction of Its Historic Liberal-Islamic Alliance

Elizabeth F. Thompson

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
When Europe’s Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state …
Medicine March 23, 2021

Medicine Is War

The Martial Metaphor in Victorian Literature and Culture

Lorenzo Servitje

Hosted by Claire Clark
Medicine is most often understood through the metaphor of war. We encounter phrases such as “the war against the coronavirus,” “the front lines of the Ebola crisis,” “a new weapon …
History March 23, 2021

New York's War of 1812

Politics, Society, and Combat

Richard V. Barbuto

Hosted by Mark Klobas
From its use as a staging ground for invasions of Canada to the blockading of its ports, New York found itself at the forefront of America’s war with Great Britain …
History March 10, 2021

You Don't Belong Here

How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Elizabeth Becker

Hosted by Michael Vann
Who were your heroes during your formative years? As a child of the 1970s, many of mine were journalists, especially those reporting on war and revolution in Southeast Asia and …
Military History March 3, 2021

Forging the Trident

Theodore Roosevelt and the United States Navy

John B. Hattendorf and William P. Leeman

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Theodore Roosevelt was a titan of American politics, society, and culture. Rarely soft spoken, always eager to brandish a big stick, and animated by an inexhaustible energy, Roosevelt used his …
National Security March 3, 2021

A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy

James R. Holmes

Hosted by Jeffrey Bristol
A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy (US Naval Institute Press, 2019), is a readable introduction to the world of maritime strategy. While Prof Holmes bases his narrative on the writings …
Military History March 2, 2021

Robert E. Lee and Me

A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

Ty Seidule

Hosted by Bob Wintermute
Almost right after the guns fell silent, a counter-factual and ultimately pernicious narrative of the Civil War took shape that proved to be one of the longest lasting and most …
Christian Studies March 2, 2021

Duty and Destiny

The Life and Faith of Winston Churchill

Gary Scott Smith

Hosted by Zachary McCulley
Though Churchill harbored intellectual doubts about Christianity throughout his life, he nevertheless valued it greatly and drew on its resources, especially in the crucible of war. In Duty and Destiny …