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Military History Books – U Nebraska Press Spotlight – September 13 2020
Category: All Modern War
The study of war from the end of WWII to present day.
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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Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, University Press of Kentucky, General military history, United States,
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Dmitar Tasic interview about his WWI and 1920s military history book “Paramilitarism in the Balkans” (Oxford University Press, 2020)
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Dmitar Tasic interview about his WWI and 1920s military history book “Paramilitarism in the Balkans”
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Dmitar Tasic studies and teaches Balkan history. He’s recently published a book on his studies of the paramilitary groups that existed in Yugoslavia and surrounding regions during WWI and into the 1920s. We spoke about the subject and the book.
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0:45- Dmitar explains how he got interested in paramilitarism in the Balkans.
2:27 – Dmitar explains why the book covers 1917 to 1924.
6:01 – Dmitar defines paramilitary in this situation.
9:00 – Dmitar talks about the gear of paramilitary forces.
13:17 – Dmitar talks about the type of men who became paramilitaries.
16:04 – Dmitar talks about the organization of these groups and casualty numbers.
21:18 – Dmitar discusses how much democracy there was in these paramilitary organization.
25:42 – Dmitar talks about how Ottoman rule affected the development of these paramilitary forces.
31:00 – Dmitar talks about Ottoman reprisals against [the] uprisings.
33:17 – Dmitar talks how these groups were provided weapons and gear.
36:21 – Dmitar talks about what resources he used for his research.
38:07 – Dmitar talks about some of the research difficulties he had in his research because of the communist regimes.
42:24 – Dmitar talks about reading police reports about paramilitary events. He also discusses how these organizations were able to accommodate themselves with state support.
50:05 – Dmitar talks about the social activities of these groups.
54:55 – Dmitar talks about being impressed by their physical and mental strength.
1:04:33 – Dmitar can be found on academia.edu.
Links of interest
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/paramilitarism-in-the-balkans-9780198858324?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: Dmitar Tasic
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Oxford University Press, Modern War,
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