Category: World War 1

WWI military history book – “Blood, Guts, and Grease: George S. Patton in World War I” (University Press of Kentucky, 2019) – Jon B. Mikolashek interview

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Jon Mikolashek is a military historian who has written extensively on US military history. We discuss his latest book about George Patton’s life during WWI. Check out the book here.

0:51 – Jon talks about how he became interested in writing on Patton

2:50 – Jon talks about his book is different from other Patton books.

5:27 – Jon talks about why he started the book in 1916.

7:41 – Jon explains why Patton modeled himself after Perhsing.

9:02 – Jon talks about how Patton got into tanks. Patton wanted command and quick promotion.

12:36 – Jon talks about how Patton approached commanding tanks.

15:52 – Jon talks about Patton picking his tank commanders.

17:53 – Jon talks about Patton’s approach to combined arms. Patton didn’t like the infantry much.

22:03 – Jon talks about an incident where Patton hits a soldier with a shovel.

22:58 – Jon talks about traumatic brain injury.

25:26 – Jon talks about Patton’s diaries and other resources he used.

29:45 – Jon talks about Patton’s relationship with his wife.

38:42 – Jon talks about Patton’s indecision to join the tank corps.

42:50 – Jon talks about the importance of WWI to Patton’s career.

48:58 – Jon is on facebook at Jon Mikolashek and twitter @slavoshek.

Links of interest

Check out the book here.

https://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=5623#.XcbxY697mM8

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jon-Mikolashek/538694696173063

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Guests: Jon B. Mikolashek

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, Patton, wwi, wwii, us army, mexico, punitive expedition, pershing, polo, tanks, staff officer, cavalry, infantry, salerno, billy mitchell, air power, virginia military institute, Rockenbach, renault, omar bradley, interwar

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19th and 20th C military history book – “Arguing About Alliances” (Cornell University Press, 2019) – Paul Poast interview

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Paul Poast is a professor and writer in the field of International Relations. We spoke about his latest book on how military pacts are negotiated.

1:00 – Paul talks about his research on military pacts.

3:53 – Paul talks about the 1939 negotiations between the French, British and Soviet Union.

7:13 – The book covers the early 1800s to WWII.

9:09 – Paul talks about elemenst of negotiation.

12:34 – Paul talks about transparency in negotiations.

15:27 – Paul talks about the 1901 pact negotiations between Britain and Germany.

20:39 – Paul talks about worries about changes of government during negotiations.

24:12 – Paul talks about the limited duration of military pacts.

28:06 – Paul talks about the differences between pacts negotiated during peace and during war.

53:17 – Paul talks about how the 1916 Wheat Executive agreement of WWI is the template for a lot of modern treaties.

56:17 – Paul talks about how much of western international relations studies are focused on Russia.

59:23 – Paul can be found on twitter @ProfPaulPoast. He’s also at PaulPoast.com.

Links of interest

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501740244/arguing-about-alliances/

https://twitter.com/ProfPaulPoast?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

http://www.paulpoast.com/

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Guests: Paul Poast

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, military pacts, Britain, france, soviet union, NATO, germany, austria-hungary, europe, east asia, japan, cornell university, international relations, WWI, Jean Monet

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

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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/

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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