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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 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 …
Central Asian Studies
March 2, 2021
The Russian Conquest of Central Asia
A Study in Imperial Expansion, 1814–1914
Alexander Morrison
Hosted by Nicholas Seay
Alexander Morrison’s study of the conquest of Central Asia offers new perspectives on a topic long obscured by misleading grand narratives. Based on years of research in several countries, The Russian …
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 …
German Studies
February 23, 2021
Diagnosing Dissent
Hysterics, Deserters, and Conscientious Objectors in Germany During World War One
Rebecca Ayako Bennette
Hosted by Michael O'Sullivan
Although physicians during World War I, and scholars since, have addressed the idea of disorders such as shell shock as inchoate flights into sickness by men unwilling to cope with …
Russian and Eurasian Studies
February 22, 2021
The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856-1917
Roger R. Reese
Hosted by Aaron Weinacht
Roger Reese’s recent book, The Imperial Russian Army in Peace, War, and Revolution, 1856-1917 (University of Kansas, 2019), takes a deep dive into the internal workings of the Russian army …
Chinese Studies
February 19, 2021
Forgotten Ally
China's World War II, 1937–1945
Rana Mitter
Hosted by Keith Krueger
If we wish to understand the role of China in today’s global society, we would do well to remind ourselves of the tragic, titanic struggle which that country waged in …
East Asian Studies
February 17, 2021
Comfort Women Activism
Critical Voices from the Perpetrator State
Eika Tai
Hosted by Nathan Hopson
Eika Tai’s Comfort Women Activism: Critical Voices from the Perpetrator State (Hong Kong University Press, 2020) tackles the complex histories of Japanese “military sexual violence” and the activism by women …
History
February 11, 2021
Inca Apocalypse
The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World
R. Alan Covey
Hosted by Mark Klobas
The arrival in 1532 of a small group of Spanish conquistadores at the Andean town of Cajamarca launched one of the most dramatic – and often misunderstood – events in …
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