Military History Inside Out
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 30 ratingsSerious history for the critial thinker. I interview military historians about their work.
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Cold War history book – “Sovereign Soldiers” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) – Grant Madsen interview
August 01, 2018 01:24 - 1 hour - 14 MBDr. Grant Madsen has long been interested in history and this led him to earn a PhD in History. Sovereign Soldiers is his first book and explains how the US military transformed the global economy with the economic policies it applied to the occupation of Germany and Japan after WWII. 2:03 – Dr. Madsen talks…
World War I history book – “German Submarine Warfare in World War I” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) – Lawrence Sondhaus interview
July 25, 2018 10:44 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBDr. Lawrence Sondhaus is Professor of History at the University of Indianapolis. He has written numerous books about Naval warfare and about WWI with a focus on the Central Powers. I was able to interview him about his most recent book on German submarine warfare in WWI. 1:27 – Dr. Sondhaus talks about how he…
Modern warfare history book – “Building Militaries in Fragile States” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) – Mara Karlin interview
July 18, 2018 02:44 - 52 minutes - 12.1 MBDr. Mara Karlin started her career working in the Middle East. She then went to graduate school and interned in the Pentagon on strategic issues. Eventually she served as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy & force development in the Department of Defense. She is now a professor at Johns Hopkins University where…
Modern warfare history book – “Military Cultures in Peace and Stability Operations” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) – Chiara Ruffa interview
July 11, 2018 22:12 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBDr. Chiara Ruffa has recently published a book about military culture. It’s based on her research with French and Italian military units that had deployed to Lebanon and Afghanistan. I spoke to her about the book. 2:20 – In 2006, Chiara was working for the UN in the Central African Republic in support of the…
World War I history book – “California at War” (University Press of Kansas, 2018) – Diane North interview
July 03, 2018 23:35 - 58 minutes - 13.3 MBDr. Diane North teaches history at the University of Maryland. She grew up in the Washington, DC area, fascinated by history. She earned her Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Davis and has recently written “California at War” about California’s experience during WWI. I interviewed her about the book. 2:05 – Diane was…
US Civil War history book – “The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee” (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) – John Reeves interview
June 27, 2018 01:07 - 58 minutes - 13.3 MBJohn Reeves has taught history and written about financial matters. He’s written a new US Civil War book on the indictment of Robert E. Lee after the war. I interviewed him about it. 1:38 – John Reeves taught history for 15 years. He also wrote on finance for some time. 3:15 – Robert E. Lee…
US Naval history book – “The Free Sea” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – James Kraska interview
June 20, 2018 01:58 - 48 minutes - 11 MBJames Kraska was a Judge Advocate General for the US Navy and has extensive experience on defense issues and Freedom of Navigation issues. He’s currently a visiting Professor of Law at the Naval War College. He has co-authored a book on the history of US enforcement of Freedom of Navigation and we spoke about the…
US Civil War history book – “Ambivalent Nation” (Louisiana State University Press, 2018) – Hugh Dubrulle interview
June 12, 2018 22:49 - 55 minutes - 12.7 MBDr. Hugh Dubrulle is a Professor in the Department of History at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. He has studied British history and US Civil War history extensively and has written a new book about British attitudes towards the US Civil War. I interviewed Dr. Dubrulle about the book and his findings. 2:00 –…
WWII history book – “Advocating Overlord” (Potomac Books, 2018) – Phil Padgett interview
June 06, 2018 03:59 - 51 minutes - 11.8 MBPhil Padgett has worked as a political scientist in the field of security studies for much of his career. He turned his skills to writing a book on the WWII Operation Overlord, the atomic bomb, and the relationship between the US and UK during the war. 2:21 – Phil Padgett is a political scientist and…
Cold War history book – “More Than A Doctrine” (Potomac Books, 2018) – Randall Fowler interview
May 30, 2018 02:50 - 56 minutes - 12.9 MBRandall Fowler has studied rhetoric at the graduate level and has written a new book on the Eisenhower Doctrine. I interviewed him about the book. 1:27 – Randall started in religious history and then spent time teaching in English. There he became more interested in the Middle East and writing history. 2:53 – The book…
19th C Naval Warfare book – “Progressives in Navy Blue” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Scott Mobley interview
May 23, 2018 02:59 - 59 minutes - 13.7 MBDr. Scott Mobley studied history at the US Naval Academy and stayed in the Navy until retirement. He then went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to earn a PhD in history. The work for his PhD led to the publication of his book “Progressives in Navy Blue.” 1:23 – Scott talks about how he got…
WWII history book – “Seven at Santa Cruz” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Ted Edwards interview
May 16, 2018 02:02 - 55 minutes - 12.6 MBTed Edwards grew up around WWII veterans and ended up studying history in college. He’s a mountaineer and involved with US Gymnastics and kept journals about his experiences. These varied interests resulted in a meeting with some famed WWII naval aviators and he ended up writing a book about one of them. I interviewed him…
Cold War history book – “Always at War” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Mel Deaile interview
May 11, 2018 18:04 - 55 minutes - 12.8 MBDr. Mel Deaile attended the US Air Force Academy. He then became a bomber pilot and earned his PhD with the Air Force. He know teaches nuclear deterrence related subjects for the Air Force. He’s written a number of pieces and this is his latest book, Always at War about the Strategic Air Command. 1:30…
19th C Warfare book – “British Battleships of the Victorian Era” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Norman Friedman interview
May 09, 2018 02:18 - 51 minutes - 11.9 MBNorman Friedman is a physicist and historian who has written extensively on naval matters especially the US and UK navies. I interviewed him about his latest book. 1:27- Mr. Friedman has been interested and writing about navies for some time. He’s written about 40 books, 30 of them in history. 3:29 – He had written…
Vietnam War history book – “The Psychological War for Vietnam” (University Press of Kansas, 2018) – Merv Roberts interview
May 02, 2018 01:51 - 51 minutes - 11.7 MBDr. Merv Roberts has worked on psychological operations in Afghanistan. His work there inspired him to write a history of psychological operations in the Vietnam War and I interviewed him about this book “The Psychological War for Vietnam, 1960-1968.” 2:07- Dr. Roberts decided on studying Information Operations in Vietnam after he returned from a…
Early 20th Century naval history book – “Learning War” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Trent Hone interview
April 25, 2018 02:47 - 57 minutes - 13.2 MBTrent Hone was written frequently on US Naval history. I interviewed him about his upcoming book Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the US Navy, 1898-1945 to be published by the Naval Institute Press. 1:45 – Mr. Hone discusses some of his earlier naval doctrine writing. He’s written about night combat in the…
WWI history book – “Remembering World War I in America” (University of Nebraska Press, 2018) – Kimberly Lamay Licursi interview
April 22, 2018 16:58 - 46 minutes - 10.6 MBI interviewed historian Kimberly Lamay Licursi about her new book “Remembering World War I in America” being released by University of Nebraska Press in March 2018. 1:09 – Kimberly’s interest in history began with her interest in genealogy. She began in the government field. The book came out of a seminar class she was taking…
Modern warfare book – “The Decline of European Naval Forces” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Jeremy Stöhs interview
April 18, 2018 00:09 - 57 minutes - 13.1 MBJeremy Stöhs is an Austrian-American defense analyst at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University and its adjunct Center for Maritime Security & Strategy. I interviewed him about his new book “The Decline of European Naval Forces.” 1:28 – Jeremy talks about where his interest in history started. His parents were his first inspiration.…
British 17th century history book – “The Prince Who Would Be King” (William Collins, 2018) – Sarah Fraser interview
April 11, 2018 00:44 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBSarah Fraser has written The Last Highlander and The Prince Who Would Be King. She holds a PhD in English Literature and also earned a degree in History where she focused on Celtic history in Scotland. 2:35 – Ms. Fraser enjoys history because it can be used a lens in which to view the present.…
WWII history book – “No Forgotten Fronts” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Lisa Shapiro interview
April 07, 2018 18:31 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBProfessor Lisa Shapiro holds masters degrees in literature and management and teaches at San Diego Mesa College. She has previously taught creative writing. She’s written a book based on thousands of archived letters sent by San Diego State students who were in WWII to their professor Dr. Post. I interviewed Professor Shapiro about the book…
WWII history book – “The General Who Wore Six Stars” (Potomac Books, 2018) – Hank Cox interview
April 05, 2018 00:00 - 55 minutes - 12.8 MBHank Cox has been writing in various capacities for many years. He’s written a book on the Sioux Uprising of 1862 and now on General JCH Lee of WWII. 1:39 – Hank Cox discusses how he got into writing history. He first wrote “Lincoln and the Sioux Uprising of 1862”. There hadn’t been much written…
Chinese 17th C military history book – “On The Trail of the Yellow Tiger” (University of Nebraska Press, 2018) – Dr. Ken Swope interview
March 30, 2018 03:56 - 53 minutes - 12.2 MBDr. Ken Swope is a history professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He studies and writes on the imperial and military history of East Asia. In this podcast, I interview him about his upcoming book On the Trail of the Yellow Tiger: War, Trauma, and Social Dislocation in Southwest China During the Ming-Qing Transition.…
WWI history book – “The Woman Who Fought an Empire” (Potomac Books, 2018) – Greg Wallance interview
March 27, 2018 00:17 - 58 minutes - 13.4 MBGregory Wallance is author of the upcoming book The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring. In this podcast I interview Mr. Wallance about the details of the book and how he went about researching it. Mr. Wallance has written books on historic legal issues and how the State Department…