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About Scott Lipkowitz

Scott holds an MA in History, with a concentration in military history, and a MLIS, with a concentration in information technology, from Queens College, City University of New York. He is the recipient of the Arnold Franco and Michael Wrezin history prizes, and was selected to present his masters thesis on the engineers of the American Expeditionary Forces as part of a young scholars roundtable at the Society for Military History's 2020 Conference. He is also a member of the Society for the History of Technology.

Scott Lipkowitz holds a MA in History, with a concentration in military history, and a MLIS, with a concentration in information technology, from Queens College, City University of New York

NBN Episodes hosted by Scott:

Military History August 10, 2021

Faustian Bargain

The Soviet-German Partnership and the Origins of the Second World War

Ian Ona Johnson

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
German Ambassador Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau believed that Germany and the Soviet Union were locked together in a Schicksalgemienshaft, or “community of fate.” The interaction of these two nations, Brockdorff-Rantzau thought …
Military History May 19, 2021

Dragonslayer

The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich

Jay Lockenour

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Erich Ludendorff is a contentious figure in military history. Focused, energetic, and hailing from humble origins, Ludendorff rose through the ranks of the largely aristocratic late-nineteenth century German officer corps …
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 …
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 …
Military History February 4, 2021

The Compleat Victory

Saratoga and the American Revolution

Kevin Weddle

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
British hopes that the American War for Independence would be brought to a swift conclusion began to wane in the early months of 1777. Despite brilliant victories over Washington and …
Military History January 8, 2021

Adaptation Under Fire

How Militaries Change in Wartime

David Barno and Nora Bensahel

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Few human enterprises are as complex, dynamic, and unpredictable as war. Armed conflict substitutes the relatively ordered reality of peace with the undeniably chaotic reality of combat. Militaries, by design …
Military History November 4, 2020

The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898 to 1945

David S. Nasca

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Amphibious warfare, as outlined by American Rear Admiral James E. Jouett in 1885, was a relatively straightforward affair: to project power from the sea, all one had to do was …
Military History October 5, 2020

COSSAC

Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan and the Genesis of Operation OVERLORD

Stephen C. Kepher

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
D-Day, June 6, 1944, looms large in both popular and historical imaginations as the sin qua non, or single defining moment, of the Second World War. Though there were other …
Military History May 22, 2020

Southern Gambit

Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown

Stanley D. M. Carpenter

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Charles Lord Cornwallis’s campaign through the southern American colonies came to an ignominious close on October 19, 1781, on an open field outside Yorktown, Virginia. At approximately noon, Cornwallis’s beleaguered …
Military History April 22, 2020

On Obedience

Contrasting Philosophies for the Military, Citizenry, and Community

Pauline Shanks Kaurin

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Obedience is integral to the military, to society, and to communities. To bring individuals together to work cohesively and successfully towards a common goal, be it seizing an objective on …
Military History January 30, 2020

The Rise and Fall of an Officer Corps

The Republic of China Military, 1942-1955

Eric Setzekorn

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
Following the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1911, two antipodal ideologies vied for control of China's military. The first, advanced by Sun Yat-sen, leader of the Kuomintang (KMT), maintained …
Military History July 24, 2019

John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power

William F. Trimble

Hosted by Scott Lipkowitz
The carrier task force—the symbolic and physical manifestation of the United States’ ability to project naval and air power across the globe—came of age during the Second World War. Fighting …