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21st Century conflict – “Myths and Realities of Cyber Warfare” (ABC-CLIO, 2020) – Nicholas Michael Sambaluk interview

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Nicholas Michael Sambaluk is an assistant professor of military science and technology. He has a degree in history and has recently published his fourth book which focuses on cyber warfare. We discussed the history of cyber warfare and current issues.

0:57 – Nick talks about why he wrote a book on cyber warfare.

2:47 – Nick talks about historical cyber attacks from 1986 and early 2000s

8:26 – Nick addresses the use of cyber attacks prior to kinetic conflict.

11:06 – Nick talks about the national infrastructures for cyber warfare.

12:29 – Nick talks about the myths and realities about cyber warfare.

20:52 – Nick talks about the development of the internet.

23:19 – Nick talks about the ways in which hackers infiltrate systems.

26:22 – Nick compares Russian activity between 2007 and now.

30:50 – Nick talks about cyber warfare targeting civilians rather than just military.

32:53 – Nick talks about social media issues.

34:45 – Nick talks about the resources he used.

36:25 – Nick talks about the cyber actors nations are using for cyber warfare.

41:38 – Nick talks about the Geneva convention and its applicability to cyber conflict.

44:35 – Nick expands on cyber warfare assumptions and attribution.

47:07 – Nick defines the term attribution.

50:40 – Nick talks about social media and politics.

51:58 – Nick talks about future analysis of historic cyber attacks.

56:33 – Nick can be found on twitter @historyncontext.

 

Links of interest

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https://products.abc-clio.com/abc-cliocorporate/product.aspx?pc=A6073C

https://twitter.com/historyncontext

 

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Guests: Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

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18th Century warfare history book – “The Occupation of Havana” (University of North Carolina Press, 2018) – Elena Schneider interview

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Dr. Elena Schneider is a historian who specializes in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic World. She teaches at the University of California, Berkley and we spoke about her latest book on the British capture of Havana in the 18th century.

0:53 – Elena talks about how she got into studying the year-long British occupation of Havana.

3:30 – Elena talks about how she arranged the book.  There were many participants in this event from across the world.

5:20 – Elena mentions British celebrations in London when they heard of the capture of Havana.

7:41 – The occupation took place from summer 1762 to June 1763.

12:01 – Elena talks about the effect on the silver train and the Spanish Navy during this occupation.

16:45 – The War of Jenkins’ Ear prepared the British for this attack. They learned the importance of preparing for yellow fever.

21:00 – Elena talks about the large number of American colonists who died during this attack.

22:04 – Elena touches on how the British navy was affected by capturing so many Spanish ships.

23:52 – Elena talks about the effect American deaths had on American politics.

27:36 – Elena talks about how Cubans dealt with the British presence.

29:56 – Half of the population of Havan at the time was black.

33:24 – Elena talks about the archives she visited for this research.

36:13 – Elena talks about some of the art associated with this event.

44:20 – Elena talks about the companies of black soldiers on both sides of the fighting.

57:24 – Elena has a post on the Age of Revolutions webpage.

Links of interest

Book Details
https://history.berkeley.edu/elena-schneider
https://ageofrevolutions.com/

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