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12 new military history books spotlighting University of Texas Press and University of North Carolina Press October 3 2020
Category: All Gunpowder War
The study of military history from the 16th century to the 18th century.
Phillip Meilinger interview about his military history and lessons book “Thoughts on War” (University Press of Kentucky, 2020)
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Phillip Meilinger interview about his military history and lessons book “Thoughts on War”
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Phillip Meilinger has spent decades both in the military as an Air Force officer and teaching military history and issues in staff and war colleges. He’s written numerous essays on military history and he’s collected a number of his essays and reexamined them for this book. We spoke about the book and [subjects] history ranging from Ancient Rome, to Clausewitz, to the US Civil War and on through to World War Two and beyond.
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0:40 – Philip talks about having been a pilot for 30 years and what prompted him to write a book on war.
3:58 – Philip talks about covering ancient to modern warfare in the book.
5:18 – Philip talks about the influence about von Clausewitz on military colleges.
8:03 – Philip talks about Clausewitz’ idea of the bloody battle.
12:11 – Philip talks about how the book reassesses past battles and the impact of air power on war. He also addresses policy in warfare.
18:01- Philip talks about how to make major changes in American doctrine and military policy.
21:08 – Philip talks about the effect of nuclear weapons on waging war.
23:57 – Philip talks about the information age and non-state actors.
27:41 – Philip talks about whether Chinese and Russian military activities are a new kind of warfare.
31:56 – Philip talks about how doctrine does not need to be changed but rather a different approach is needed.
36:01 – Philip talks about raids and punitive actions in modern war.
39:55 – Philip talks about the use and effect of strategic bombing.
44:35 – Philip talks about the budgets for aircraft carriers and new generation jets.
47:58 – Philip talks about balancing the US force and defense spending.
50:20 – Philip talks about how he put the book together.
52:00 – Philip talks about how much the US military was involved in politics in American history.
59:06 – Philip talks about how there was not a unity of command in WWII Europe among the allies.
1:00:34 – Philip talks about air intelligence during WWII.
1:04:13 – Philip talks about the Army Air Corps in WII and a book he wrote on a misconception about their status within the Army.
Links of interest
https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813178899/thoughts-on-war/
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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Phillip Meilinger
Host: Cris Alvarez
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Geoffrey Plank interview about his 15th to 19th centuries military history book “Atlantic Wars” (Oxford University Press, 2020)
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Geoffrey Plank interview about his 15th to 19th centuries military history book “Atlantic Wars”
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Interview Summary
Geoffrey Plank has been a historian for many years focusing on Nova Scotia, Quakers, and now military history. He’s written an expansive review of warfare across the Atlantic from the 15th to 19th centuries. We talked about this period, the book, and the immense impact the slave trade had on the formation of the nations along the Atlantic seaboard and on warfare.
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0:40 – Geoffrey explains how he ended up writing an expansive book on Atlantic Wars.
2:02 – Geoffrey explains how he organized the book since it covers so much time and countries.
3:16 – Geoffrey talks about warfare at sea.
5:24 – Geoffrey addresses the idea of democracy and piracy.
7:14 – Geoffrey explains why he started the book in the 15th century.
8:53 – Geoffrey explains why he ended the book at the Age of Revolution.
11:37 – Geoffrey addresses the North Africans raiding Europe.
13:17 – Geoffrey talks about the shift to larger sailing vessels.
16:18 – Geoffrey talks about indigenous populations involvement in the Atlantic war at sea.
18:32 – Geoffrey talks about the war on land around the Atlantic basin and the involvement of indigenous populations.
21:27 – Geoffrey talks about the West African coast.
23:11 – Geoffrey talks about military forces in West Africa.
24:11 – Geoffrey talks about the North and South Atlantic.
26:09 – Geoffrey talks about the development of racism in this period.
30:24 – Geoffrey talks about how often whole colonies were evacuated from the New World to the Old. He also addresses the connection between the slave trade and military operations.
34:40 – Geoffrey talks about the meeting between African slaves and indigenous Americans.
36:38 – Geoffrey talks about a millenarian religious movement.
38:40 – Geoffrey talks about how he did his research.
43:09 – Geoffrey talks about including all of North America within the Atlantic World.
45:20 – Geoffrey talks about the importance of military history in the Atlantic World.
47:46 – Geoffrey talks about galleys being used to block forts in the Caribbean.
50:17 – Geoffrey talks about how rough the lives of sailors were in this period.
54:40 – Geoffrey talks about the role of Central and Eastern Europe in the Atlantic World.
Links of interest
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atlantic-wars-9780190860455?cc=us&lang=en&
Contact Information
For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.
Guests: Geoffrey Plank
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Oxford University Press, age of sail, American history, General military history, 19th century war, 18th century war, Renaissance warfare, Naval Warfare, Slavery history, native american, indigenous peoples,
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