Category: Civil war

WWI history book – “The Polar Bear Expedition” (William Morrow, 2019) – James Carl Nelson interview

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

James Carl Nelson is a writer who focuses on military history subjects. We spoke about his latest book on the participation of the U.S. in the WWI Allied invasion of Russia; the only time U.S. troops have fought Russian troops on Russian soil.

0:46 – James talks about how he got into studying and writing on WWI.

2:29 – James talk about the focus of the book.

3:13 – James talks about the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and how it affected WWI.

9:40 – James talks about the equipping and supplying of these troops.

15:17 – James talks about the type of warfare these troops used in northern Russia.

17:00 – James talk about the little bit of air warfare that was going on around these troops.

19:50 – James joked about how some of the U.S. troops were taking on Bolshevik tendencies.

20:19 – James talks about medical and supply support.

22:20 – James mentions the Polar Bear Memorial Association.

24:15 – James talks about how Russia still teaches this event to students.

25:10 – James talks about the resources he used for research.

28:22 – James talks about militaria collected about this event and a museum in Frankenmuth, Michigan with some more artifacts.

38:09 – James has a James Carl Nelson facebook page.

Links of Interest

https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062852779/the-polar-bear-expedition/

https://www.facebook.com/JamesCarlNelsonAuthor/

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezswarscholar

Guests: James Carl Nelson

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, bolshevik, russia, britain, france, US, Slovak, WWI, world war one, petersburg, moscow, woodrow wilson, western front, eastern front, 85th division, murmansk, detroit, spanish flu, mutiny, polar bear association, arkangel, frankenmuth, vickers machine gun

Modern warfare history book – “Pretty Liar” (Syracuse University Press, 2018) – Natalie Khazaal interview

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Natalie Khazaal is assistant professor of international studies and Arab culture at Texas A&M University. She studies the role of the media in representations of minorities, as well as the role of language and literature in generating media representations. We spoke about her latest book on television during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1991.

0:36 – Natalie explains how she got into studying and writing on television during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975-1991

5:50 – Natalie talks about the Lebanese Civil War and what it was about.

8:00 – Natalie talks about the parts of Lebanon impacted by the civil war.

10:55 – Lebanese people refer to the civil war as “The War of Others.”

11:25 – Natalie talks about the specifics of the book.  It looks at news television and television entertainment.

15:03 – Natalie talks about who controlled Lebanese television during the civil war.  News became a hotly debated issue.

19:00 – Natalie talks about coverage of the World Cup during the war.

21:00 – Natalie talks about how language and gender was affected by the civil war.

31:48 – Natalie touches a little on radio.

34:38 – Natalie talks about cable television and how the book is about terrestial television.

37:00 – Television didn’t do enough to warn Lebanese people about war events so they developed their own code words to exchange information.

42:30 – Natalie discusses about how Lebanese people during the civil war brought up the same questions then that citizen journalists ask now.

44:04 – Natalie talks about the resources she used for her study.

51:20 – Natalie talks about news bulletin records and how difficult they are to access.

59:46 – Natalie  has a twitter account @natalie_khazaal and she’s on Facebook at Natalie Lemonn.

Links of interest

http://syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2018/pretty-liar.html

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar1945 and on Instagram @crisalvarezswarscholar

Guests: Natalie Khazaal

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Lebanese Civil war, media, television, Lebanon, palestinian, Israel, Beirut, Arab, Arabic, Syria, United States