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Check the book out here https://amzn.to/38GWtih

Dr. John Kuehn is a former US Naval officer and currently studies, teaches, and writes history at the United States Command and General Staff College. We spoke about his latest co-authored book on some of the world’s worst military disasters.

1:48 – John talks about how he developed the book on military disasters.

3:17 – John talks about the chronological format of the book.

4:48 – John talks about how they focused on both campaigns and wars.

10:11 – John talks about civil wars and revolution.

12:52 – John talks about technological impact on military campaigns.

15:39 – John talks about the impact of logistics on military disasters.

17:06 – John talks about pre-war preparation and its effects on wars.

22:36 – John talks about naval campaigns and disasters.

27:09 – John talks about the Russo-Japanese War and the Mexican-American War.

28:50 – John talks about the global, naval and air power focuses in the book. He also addresses contingencies in war.

33:03 – John talks about the vast amount of resources they had to study these wars and campaigns.

35:48 – John talks about the difficulty in determining casualties in war.

40:30 – John talks about the difficulty into coming to conclusions with some of the campaigns in the book.

47:45 – John discusses the end of the Pacific War.

50:10 – John expands on the Taping Rebellion.

1:03:14 – John can be found on twitter @jkuehn50 and by searching for “Hand Grenade of the Month” and H-war on google.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/38GWtih

https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5703C

https://twitter.com/jkuehn50

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Guests: Dr. John Kuehn

Host: Cris Alvarez

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Check the book out here https://amzn.to/38GWtih

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