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War of 1812 military history book – “The Papers of James Monroe, Volume 7” – (ABC-CLIO, 2020) – Dan Preston interview

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Dr. Daniel Preston has spent much of his career compiling and editing the papers of early American Revolution hero and then President James Monroe. We spoke about the latest completed volume of his papers, volume 7, which covers the middle and end of the War of 1812 and then naval expeditions to the North African coast.

1:23 – Dan talks about how he got into studying James Monroe.

2:30 – Dan talks about the War of 1812.

5:16 – Dan talks about US incursions into foreign territory.

6:48 – Dan talks about Monroe’s feelings on the readiness of the US Army in this time.

10:11 – Dan talks about Monroe’s feelings about the War of 1812.

13:20 – Dan talks about what Monroe did as Secretary of War in the fall of 1814.

20:16 – Dan talks about worries that the British would win.

24:58 – Dan talks about the US military and Native Americans.

28:57 – Dan talks about the Native American military threat to the US.

34:37 – Dan talks about the Second Barbary War with Algeria and the South American revolutions.

38:31 – Dan discusses details of the Second Barbary War.

42:14 – Dan talks about the possibility of a US Britain alliance against common enemies.

46:29 – Dan talks about the financial troubles of both the US and Britain and the burning of Washington, DC.

49:56 – Dan goes into detail about the burning of Washington.

51:04 – Dan talks about Monroe’s ideas on defending Washington.

59:43 – Dan talks about the large volume of letters he had to research.

1:02:57 – Dan talks about where the Monroe letters and documents are found.

1:04:35 – Dan talks about President Madison’s cabinet.

1:06:32 – Dan talks about commentaries on the documents

1:09:29 – Dan talks about documents they couldn’t find.

1:10:55 – Dan talks about Monroe’s uncertain birthday.

1:12:43 – Dan’s work and the papers can be found on amazon and on the University of Mary Washington website and by searching “Monroe Papers” or at Academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers.

 

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3dIM4ok

https://products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=B5565C

https://academics.umw.edu/jamesmonroepapers/

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Host: Cris Alvarez

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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

WWII history book – “No Forgotten Fronts” (Naval Institute Press, 2018) – Lisa Shapiro interview

 

Professor Lisa Shapiro holds masters degrees in literature and management and teaches at San Diego Mesa College. She has previously taught creative writing. She’s written a book based on thousands of archived letters sent by San Diego State students who were in WWII to their professor Dr. Post. I interviewed Professor Shapiro about the book titled “No Forgotten Fronts.”
1:54 – Professor Shapiro talks about her first historical project. It dealt with European medieval historical fiction. Her interest in WWII came out of her work with community college students in San Diego.
3:57 – She began studying war literature and got a second degree in that subject. In the school archives she found letters written to a professor during WWII.
5:46 – Professor Shapiro explains the basis and details of the book. It’s a collection of student letters written to their professor, Dr. Post. He turned the letters into a regular newsletter. He did this through the entire war.
10:16 – Several hundred students participated in writing to Dr. Post. This includes men and women and many wrote repeatedly. People also provided funds to support him. The original documents are in the San Diego State college archives.
12:16 – Professor Shapiro discusses how the US military censors worked with Dr. Post. He took care to keep out sensitive information out of his newsletters.
16:35 – Sometimes students wrote things only for Dr. Post and not the newsletter.
17:16 – Dr. Post was also able to connect two brothers, one of whom was a prisoner of war during the war. Dr. Post even visited their mother to provide reassurance about her sons. One student who was at Anzio wrote that he had lost his marbles and Dr. Post knew he needed some mental comfort. Dr. Post notified a nearby chaplain in Europe from San Diego State to visit this soldier and also gave comfort to the student’s father.
22:54 – Professor Shapiro explains how Dr. Post got information on killed or injured students and how he dealt with that information. Dr. Post would also update information he had published.
27:57 – Dr. Post didn’t have any children. Professor Shapiro discusses how Dr. Post met his wife in college. But both were active in the lives of their students. He also did trick roping and performed for his students. His wife was a singer. Dr. Post did have a nephew in the Marines who would write to Dr. Post.
30:36 – There don’t seem to have been any other people who collected letters from specific groups during WWII. Others have created letter collections after wars.
34:43 – The students loved getting the newsletters.
36:07 – Professor Shapiro focused on the letters that captivated her. The emotion of the letters touched her. She was able to track the stories of specific individuals.
40:28 – Professor Shapiro reads a letter from Herman Adelson who nicknamed himself Little Geronimo since he was a paratrooper. He and the others really believed in what they were fighting for. For good, freedom and democracy.
43:22 – A letter arrived for Dr. Post saying that Herman had died during D-Day and included a eulogy for him. San Diego State lost three members of their championship basketball team during the war. But the community found comfort in knowing what their loved ones had been doing.
48:29 – Professor Shapiro did a lot of reading to brush up on her knowledge of WWII and current events at the time the letters were written. She used Anthony Deevers’ history. She also read a lot of San Diego history. San Diego had a lot of women participate in the war. A lot of San Diego State students became pilots.
53:40 – Professor Shapiro had few problems getting the book published. She had to shorten the book since it was very long at first.
55:02 – Grif Williams was one of the students and was famous for being on the Doolittle Raid. He was taken prisoner eventually and he was eventually a cellmate with another San Diego State student who had been captured in Germany.
59:26 – The website for the book is NoForgottenFronts.com.

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Guests: Lisa Shapiro
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Tags: war, military, WWII, WWII history, san diego, san diego state, pacific war, d-day, north africa, europe, germany, doolittle raid, anzio