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Global military history book – “The 100 Worst Military Disasters in History” (ABC-CLIO, 2020) – John Kuehn interview
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Dr. John Kuehn is a former US Naval officer and currently studies, teaches, and writes history at the United States Command and General Staff College. We spoke about his latest co-authored book on some of the world’s worst military disasters.
1:48 – John talks about how he developed the book on military disasters.
3:17 – John talks about the chronological format of the book.
4:48 – John talks about how they focused on both campaigns and wars.
10:11 – John talks about civil wars and revolution.
12:52 – John talks about technological impact on military campaigns.
15:39 – John talks about the impact of logistics on military disasters.
17:06 – John talks about pre-war preparation and its effects on wars.
22:36 – John talks about naval campaigns and disasters.
27:09 – John talks about the Russo-Japanese War and the Mexican-American War.
28:50 – John talks about the global, naval and air power focuses in the book. He also addresses contingencies in war.
33:03 – John talks about the vast amount of resources they had to study these wars and campaigns.
35:48 – John talks about the difficulty in determining casualties in war.
40:30 – John talks about the difficulty into coming to conclusions with some of the campaigns in the book.
47:45 – John discusses the end of the Pacific War.
50:10 – John expands on the Taping Rebellion.
1:03:14 – John can be found on twitter @jkuehn50 and by searching for “Hand Grenade of the Month” and H-war on google.
Links of interest
https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5703C
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Guests: Dr. John Kuehn
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Spanish Civil War military history book – “The People’s Army in the Spanish Civil War” (Pen & Sword Books, 2020) – Alex Clifford interview
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Alexander Clifford is a history teacher and has a passion for study of the world wars. He delved into the Spanish Civil War and wrote a book about the Republican Army. We spoke about his new book. Check out the book here https://amzn.to/3bxeXn6
1:09 – Alex discusses how it got into studying and writing on the Spanish Civil War.
3:45 – Alex talks about the levels of hatred and killing during this war.
6:07 – Alex talks about how he breaks the book down. The focus is mainly on military history and the Republican military.
9:02 – Alex talks about the make up of both armies.
19:30 – Alex talks about what the Soviets took from the Republicans and what they gave in return.
23:45 – Alex talks about Soviet goals during the war and how the fighting was going in 1937. He also discusses the French-Soviet alliance.
32:24 – Alex talks about the communist element in the war.
39:38 – Alex talks about urban warfare and where the Republicans did best such as at Madrid.
42:52 – Alex talks about where the International Brigades came from and did.
45:16 – Alex talks about how the Republicans managed the foreign fighters.
47:12 – Alex talks about the make-up of the International Brigades.
51:31 – Alex talks about how black Americans commanded white Americans in this war.
54:13 – Alex talks about the sources for his research starting with the International Brigade literature. He took a more military history angle when looking at them.
1:00:39 – Alex talks about German and Russian documents about the war..
1:03:07 – Alex talks about the honesty of the reports he read.
1:06:14 – Alex talks about Spanish afternoon naps during the war.
1:09:00 – Alex talks about trying to assess the people’s army overall.
1:19:30 – Alex can be found on twitter @historysmost and he has a podcast titled “History’s Most.”
Links of interest
https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Peoples-Army-in-the-Spanish-Civil-War-Hardback/p/17104
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1482668168
https://twitter.com/HistorysMost
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Guest: Alexander Clifford
Host: Cris Alvarez
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