I’ve posted my Bertram Gordon interview on war tourism in France here: https://youtu.be/OWVToogP4J8
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Category: World War II
WWII warfare history book – “War Tourism” (Cornell University Press, 2018) – Bertram Gordon interview
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Dr. Bertram Gordon is a retired Professor of History. His specialty is modern France, especially the French Right and WWII. We spoke about his latest book on war tourism in France both during WWII and afterwards.
0:56 – Bert talks about how he got into studying and writing on this subject.
3:47 – Bert talks about how the book is laid out.
6:45 – Bert talks about German cemetaries in France.
9:08 – Bert talks about wild spots in France Germans liked to visit.
10:19 – Bert talks about tourism and security.
12:19 – Bert talks about Germans visiting WWI sites in France. He discusses
the railroad car where the WWI Armistice was signed.
16:30 – Bert talks about how French businesses handled German patronage.
20:02 – French people coulnd’t go to the coast for vacation.
25:21 – Bert talks about French museums under the Germans.
28:26 – Bert talks about what resources he used for this book.
38:17 – Bert talks about French fascination with the Occupation period.
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Links of interest
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140103137450
www.linkedin.com/in/bert-gordon-51ab09
Bertram Gordon Email: bmgordon (*at) mills.edu
Guests: Bertram Gordon
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, WWI, WWII, Junger, Verdun, Armistice, Paris, tourism, Russian Front, Normandy
WWII history book – “Flying With The Fifteenth Air Force” (University of North Texas Press, 2018) – David Snead interview
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Dr. David Snead is a professor of history at Liberty University. He has edited or written a number of books on US history including WWII history. We discussed his latest project, an edited version of the memoirs of Tom Faulkner, a B-24 pilot in WWII.
1:03 – David talks about how he first got into history.
3:30 – David talks about how he went about editing this WWII memoir.
5:23 – David talks about Tom’s time piloting a B-24 for the 15th Air Force.
12:50 – David talks about Tom’s training and the attitudes of the B-24 versus the B-17.
19:15 – David talks briefly about the Tuskegee airmen.
20:27 – David talks about the facilities the pilots used.
25:06 – David talked about problems Tom might have dealt with because of how young a pilot he was compared to others.
28:36 – David talks about the documents he used to support the things discussed in Tom’s memoirs.
33:58 – David talks about the usefulness of oral histories for this book.
Links of interest
https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/3816
http://www.liberty.edu/academics/arts-sciences/history/index.cfm?PID=7112
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Guests: David Snead
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, WWII, world war 2, US Air Force, B-24, Europe, Switzerland, missions, Texas