I’ve posted the video recording of the interview with Tsehai Berhane on youtube. https://youtu.be/aTMHEzuDdZw
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Category: Africa
19th and 20th Century warfare history book – “Ethiopian Warriorhood” (Boydell & Brewer, 2018) – Tsehai Berhane interview
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Tsehai Berhane has studied and written on Ethiopia and military history for many years. We discuss her latest book on Ethiopian warriors from the 1800s to 1900s.
0:58 – Tsehai talks about how she got into studying Ethiopian warrior culture.
2:09 – Tsehai talks about what the book covers and Ethiopian history.
3:50 – Tsehai mentions Ethiopian children wargames.
7:41 – Tsehai talks about how information was shared among Ethiopian warriors.
11:29 – Tsehai talks about militia arsenals.
19:10 – Tsehai talks about the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
24:18 – Many Ethiopian warriors did not have any idea what mechanized weapons were at the time of the Italian invasion.
31:59 – Tsehai talks about the resources she sued for her research.
34:17 – Tsehai talks about where she found documents for her research.
36:06 – Tsehai talks about why she started the book at 1800.
42:26 – Tsehai found it most difficult to work with militia warriors in rural Ethiopia.
45:00 – Tsehai talks about a sad story during the invasion period involving tanks. Another involves a massacre of Ethiopians.
51:00 – Tsehai talks about how she and other academics were expelled from the country.
54:28 – Tsehai is still looking for information on Ethiopian experiences.
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Guests: Tsehai Berhane
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Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Africa, Ethiopia, warriors, Italy, invasion, kings, Arabs
Modern warfare history book – “Tools of War, Tools of State” (SUNY Press, 2018) – Robert Tynes interview
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Robert Tynes is a former journalist and an academic who has studied African politics and the use of child soldiers by various groups. I spoke to him about his new book on the subject.
1:20 – Robert Tynes talks about how he got into the study of child soldiers. He lived in Kenya for a few months and became interested in African politics.
4:21 – Robert talks about what is considered a child and what is considered a soldier for this study.
10:00 – Robert talks about the book and what it discusses.
13:02 – Robert talks about Mao’s ideas of protracted war and how it connects to child soldiers.
14:30 – He mentions the Hitler Youth groups and how that connects to protracted war.
19:40 – Robert talks about how ISIS, Al-Shabab, and Boko Haram use child soldiers.
28:46 – Robert talks about how he collected his data for the research.
39:20 – Robert talks about Libyan training camps for children.
49:00 – We talk about science fiction looks at how children are used in war.
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Guests: Robert Tynes
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Africa, Lords resistance Army, RUF, ISIS, Al-Shabab, Boko Harum, children, Hitler Youth, Mao, tactics