18th Century warfare history book – “The Occupation of Havana” (University of North Carolina Press, 2018) – Elena Schneider interview

Dr. Elena Schneider is a historian who specializes in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic World. She teaches at the University of California, Berkley and we spoke about her latest book on the British capture of Havana in the 18th century.

0:53 – Elena talks about how she got into studying the year-long British occupation of Havana.

3:30 – Elena talks about how she arranged the book.  There were many participants in this event from across the world.

5:20 – Elena mentions British celebrations in London when they heard of the capture of Havana.

7:41 – The occupation took place from summer 1762 to June 1763.

12:01 – Elena talks about the effect on the silver train and the Spanish Navy during this occupation.

16:45 – The War of Jenkins’ Ear prepared the British for this attack. They learned the importance of preparing for yellow fever.

21:00 – Elena talks about the large number of American colonists who died during this attack.

22:04 – Elena touches on how the British navy was affected by capturing so many Spanish ships.

23:52 – Elena talks about the effect American deaths had on American politics.

27:36 – Elena talks about how Cubans dealt with the British presence.

29:56 – Half of the population of Havan at the time was black.

33:24 – Elena talks about the archives she visited for this research.

36:13 – Elena talks about some of the art associated with this event.

44:20 – Elena talks about the companies of black soldiers on both sides of the fighting.

57:24 – Elena has a post on the Age of Revolutions webpage.

Links of interest

https://history.berkeley.edu/elena-schneider
https://ageofrevolutions.com/

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Guests: Elena Schneider

Host: Cris Alvarez

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20th century military history book – “The Palgrave Handbook of Artistic and Cultural Responses to War since 1914” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) – Margaret Baguley and Martin Kirby interview

Martin Kirby and Margaret Baguley are two of three Australian academics who have been editing a new book exploring how war since 1914 has been represented in the arts in Australasia, the US, and in the British Isles. I spoke with Margaret and Martin about the book.

1:45 – Martin and Margaret talk about how they got into studying WWI and military history. Martin talks about how the movie Zulu affected him.

5:16 – Margaret talks about how she grew up in a small town and how important ANZAC day was to her community.

10:28 – Martin walks about the book. It started as a look at Australian art but expanded to include other national experiences. It covers the US, the British Isles, and Australasia. They look at official art, movies, photos, poets, and may other artistic responses to conflict and war.

24:45 – Margaret and Martin talk about what artworks commemorate, attack war, or are neutral about war.

33:45 – Martin and Margaret talk about art aimed at children and how they discuss it in their book. They also touch on the part of the book that look at games and digital technology that deal with military history.

53:13 – Margaret was surprised at finding out details of how official war art was created. She was also disturbed to learn that among their artist peers, war artists were sometimes thought of as having sold out.

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Guests: Margaret Baguley and Martin Kirby

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Zulu War, WWI, WWII, Australia, US, UK, art, combat art

WWII history book – “They Fought Alone” (Penguin Press, 2018) – Charles Glass interview

Charles Glass is a broadcaster, journalist and writer. Early in his career he worked in the ABC News Beirut bureau with Peter Jennings. He covered the October Arab-Israeli War on the Egyptian and Syrian fronts and the civil war in Lebanon. He was ABC News Chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993. He’s been a freelance writer since then covering hot spots around the world. He spoke to me about his latest book on two British spies who operated in WWII France.

1:11 – Charles Glass talks about how he got into writing about special operations in WWII Europe. He started by studying Tony Brooks, an agent during WWII.

2:30 – Charles talks about the book and the Starr brothers and how they joined the British Special Operations Executive. A lot of the book is about how they evaded capture while conducting operations.

6:15 – Charles talks about his previous books about WWII.

10:04 – Charles talks about how the brothers maintained security.

11:38 – Charles talks about how French spy networks were created.

17:10 – Charles talks about how the SOE interacted with their agents in France.

19:04 – Charles talks about how the SOE was run.

30:25 – Charles talks about the inefficiencies of the hundreds of resistance groups during the war.

33:00 – De Gaulle was very tough on SOE agents after the war.

43:15 – His website is www.charlesglass.net

Links of interest

www.charlesglass.net

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Guests: Charles Glass

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Britain, France, germany, Nazis, special operations executive, SOE, occupied France, French Resistance, D-Day, Starr brothers, spies