Category: All Modern War

The study of war from the end of WWII to present day.

21st Century conflict – “Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare” (ABC-CLIO, 2020) – Nicholas Michael Sambaluk interview

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Nicholas Michael Sambaluk is an assistant professor of military science and technology. He has a degree in history and has recently published his fourth book which focuses on cyber warfare. We discussed the history of cyber warfare and current issues.

0:57 – Nick talks about why he wrote a book on cyber warfare.

2:47 – Nick talks about historical cyber attacks from 1986 and early 2000s

8:26 – Nick addresses the use of cyber attacks prior to kinetic conflict.

11:06 – Nick talks about the national infrastructures for cyber warfare.

12:29 – Nick talks about the myths and realities about cyber warfare.

20:52 – Nick talks about the development of the internet.

23:19 – Nick talks about the ways in which hackers infiltrate systems.

26:22 – Nick compares Russian activity between 2007 and now.

30:50 – Nick talks about cyber warfare targeting civilians rather than just military.

32:53 – Nick talks about social media issues.

34:45 – Nick talks about the resources he used.

36:25 – Nick talks about the cyber actors nations are using for cyber warfare.

41:38 – Nick talks about the Geneva convention and its applicability to cyber conflict.

44:35 – Nick expands on cyber warfare assumptions and attribution.

47:07 – Nick defines the term attribution.

50:40 – Nick talks about social media and politics.

51:58 – Nick talks about future analysis of historic cyber attacks.

56:33 – Nick can be found on twitter @historyncontext.

 

Links of interest

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https://products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=A6073C

https://twitter.com/historyncontext

 

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Guests: Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

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Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, cyber warfare, Russia, cuckoo’s egg, KGB, SCADA, Estonia, DDOS, botnet, Georgia, advanced persistent threats, trusted users, internet, world wide web, script kiddies, hackers, honeypot, zero days, social media, Data and Goliath, China, Belgrade, Geneva Convention, WWI, Belgium, attribution, uniforms

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20th Century conflict – “The Oil Wars Myth (Cornell University Press, 2020) – Emily Meierding interview

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Emily Meierding has studied history and political science. She wrote her first book thinking she would prove that a number of wars have been started over oil and found the opposite. We spoke about the book and the research she did for it.

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0:47 – Emily talks about how she got into writing on oil and international wars.

1:33 – Emily talks about the wars she looking into including WWII and the Gulf War. She looked at conflicts from 1912 to 2010.

3:35 – Emily talks about Japan and WWII and other cases where oil was a goal versus other factors.

6:20 – Emily talks about the Falklands War.

7:59 – Emily talks about conflict in 1912 and on.

9:10 – Emily talks about how WWI affected government ideas about oil and war.

11:29 – Emily talks about peacetime activities to ensure energy security.

12:41 – Emily talks about US goals in the Iraq War.

14:56 – Emily talks about how she divided wars into four categories in relation to oil.

19:44 – Emily talks about Saddam going to war for survival.

20:30 – Emily talks about the Iran-Iraq war.

22:09 – Emily talks about Saudi Arabia and disputes with Yemen.

23:13 – Emily talks about African wars and oil.

25:01 – Emily talks about the influence of oil companies in war.

27:55 – Emily talks about why the wars for oil myth exists and persists.

31:57 – Emily talks about what she used for her research.

33:02 – Emily talks about some work she did in Africa.

34:42 – Emily talks about Iraq and the invasion of Kuwait.

39:11 – Emily talks about her strong interest in the subject matter.

43:58 – Emily talks about the [prevalence] strength of the oil myth over time.

45:37 – Emily talks about US plans to invade Saudi Arabia during the 70s oil crisis.

49:45 – Emily is on twitter @emeierding and on emilymeierding.net

 

Links of interest

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748288/the-oil-wars-myth/

http://emilymeierding.net/Welcome.html

https://twitter.com/emeierding

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Guests: Emily Meierding

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, oil, international war, WWII, world war two, gulf war, falklands war, China, Germany, Japan, coal, Great Britain, Royal Navy, Iran, Mesopotamia, Iraq, Chaco War, South China Sea, Persian Gulf War, Kuwait, Saddam Hussein, Iran-Iraq war, Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Iran-Contra, Russia, biofuel, Saudi Arabia, USSR

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Cold War military history book – “Rough Draft” (Cornell University Press, 2019) – Amy Rutenberg interview

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Dr. Amy Rutenberg studies gender history. Her first book is about the US draft during the Cold War, especially during the Vietnam War. We discussed the book.

0:56 – Amy talks about how she got into writing on the US draft of the early 20th century.

2:08 – Amy talks about the focus of the book on why it became socially acceptable for men to avoid the Vietnam War.

4:01 – Amy talks about how the draft was applied to various social classes in the US.

10:26 – Amy talks about what the active duty thought about DoD draft policies.

13:42 – Amy talks about when the draft was in place and when it was used.

14:30 – Amy talks about how the book is broken down. It goes chronologically starting with WWII.

15:32 – Amy talks about the idea of masculinity and the draft and enlistment.

18:35 – Amy talks about protests against the Vietnam War and draft changes.

19:51 – Amy talks about the ideas of nuclear war and the strategic goals of the draft.

22:27 – Amy goes into detail about the Selective Service Boards.

23:40 – Amy explains the interaction between the Selective Service and the draft.

26:20 – Amy talks the use of soldiers in testing nuclear weapons.

27:31 – Amy describes how the services requested draftees.

29:06 – Amy talks about the pros and cons versus being drafted versus enlisting.

31:49 – Amy talks about how she researched the book. She also goes into detail about

draft counseling and conscientious objection.

37:03 – Amy talks about the tension between supporting wars but not volunteering to go.

38:10 – Amy talks about new things she discovered about the draft during WWII and how people approached it.

40:22 – Amy talks about deferments.

43:02 – Amy discusses some of the issues women faced with the draft.

45:00 – Amy goes into details about conscientious objector deferments.

47:20 – Amy discusses who were getting these deferments created and changed.

55:57 – Amy can be found on twitter @amyjay401.

Links of interest

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https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739583/rough-draft/#bookTabs=1

https://twitter.com/amyjay401

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Guests: Amy Rutenberg

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, gender, world war two, WWII, draft, deferment, STEM, McNamara, cold war, vietnam war, project one hundred thousand, infantry, selective service, US Congress, conscription, Carter, Afghanistan, National Archives, draft counseling, Lewis Hershey

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