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16th century Spanish New World history book – “A Most Splendid Company” (University of New Mexico Press, 2019) – Richard Flint interview

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Richard Flint is a historian who has been writing on the 16th century Coronado Expedition for many years. His latest book deals with the global context of the expedition and we spoke about it.

0:59 – Richard talks about how he got into studying and writing on the Coronado Expedition.

4:16 – Richard talks about how this book differs from their previous books on the Coronado expedition.

12:15 – Richard addresses how military focused the expedition was.

14:40 – Richard talks about the armor used on the expedition.

19:00 – Richard describes the evidence that the expedition was not looking for gold but rather was looking for trade routes.

21:03 – Richard talks about what the motives of the native Mexican warriors on the expedition were.

25:45 – Richard talks about how they did the research to determine the roster of the expedition.

51:47 – Richard talks about non-Spanish documents that would be helpful for this research.

57:00 – Richard talks about a document he found about a slave sold four times in one day.

1:08:01 – They have a website coronado.unm.edu for more information.

Links of Interest

https://unmpress.com/books/most-splendid-company/9780826360229

https://coronado.unm.edu/

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Guests: Richard Flint

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, conquistadors, spain, mexico, coronado, antonio de mendoza, armor, men-at-arms, helmets, chainmail, slaves, archives, book merchants, italy, china, trade route, glyphs, priests, expedition

Cold War history book – “Spy Pilot” (Prometheus Books, 2019) – Francis Gary Powers, Jr. interview

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Francis Gary Powers, Jr. is son of the famed U-2 pilot who was downed during a mission. Gary has spent years researching his father’s life and developing the Cold War Museum. We spoke about his new book that covers his father’s and family’s life and career.

1:06 – Gary explained why he wrote the book on his father.

4:00 – Gary talks about he structured the book. He discusses who he interviewed for the book and FOIA requests.

5:53 – Gary talked about how he got the government to help him with his research.

10:18 – Gary talks about how the US government initially refused to believe that the Soviets had missiles that could have reached his father’s plane.

12:00 – Gary talks about how he got into this research.

15:50 – Gary talks about the various sections of the book.

17:01 – Gary talks about how his book adds to the history of this event.

18:40 – Gary talks about the Soviet pilot who was shot down chasing Gary Powers.

21:25 – Gary talks about how the Russians celebrated their pilots.

25:20 – Gary talks about his involvement with the movie “Bridge of Spies.”

28:56 – Gary talks about the Cold War Museum.

34:51 – Gary talks about some of the interesting spy and other items held at the Cold War Museum.

41:51 – Gary talks about the similarities between early NASA and the military.

44:00 – Gary talks about old audio recordings his father had made [that] years ago.

46:42 – Gary talks about the extensive physical and mental testing U-2 pilots went through.

53:58 – Gary has sites at coldwar.org for the museum. Gary has garypowers.com or spypilotbook.com.

Links of interest

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576973/spy-pilot-by-francis-gary-powers-jr-and-keith-dunnavant/9781633884687/

http://garypowers.com/

http://coldwar.org/

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Guests: Francis Gary Powers, Jr.

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, U-2, spy missions, cold war museum, Gary Powers, veterans, CIA, Air Force, medals, missiles, eisenhower, krushchev, latvian rugs, vladimir prison, bridge of spies, afghanistan

WWII warfare history book – “Ghost Riders” (Da Capo Press, 2018) – Mark Felton interview

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Mark Felton is an author and historian who has written extensively on World War II. He also produces short films on various subjects. We spoke about his latest WWII history book Ghost Riders.

0:57 – Mark talks about how he got into writing on this subject.

2:44 – Mark talks about how he tells the story in the book.

5:00 – Mark talks about Patton and the individuals who were important to this story.

7:20 – Mark talks about how he treats the Soviets in the book.

9:37 – Mark talks about the SS in this story.

13:10 – Mark talks about plans for an Aryan warhorse.

18:20 – Mark talks about how General Patton launched this operation.

24:00 – Mark talks about the Cossacks in the book.

26:00 – Mark talks about how he collected his information for the book.

36:00 – Mark discusses the Disney film “Miracle of the White Stallions” which is a ficitonalized version of this story.

57:58 – Mark can be found at markfelton.co.uk and he has a youtube channel with lots of films at Mark Felton Productions.

Links of interest

https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/mark-felton/ghost-riders/9780306825606/

http://markfelton.co.uk/

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Guests: Mark Felton

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, D-Day, Ardennes, Germany, Riding horses, Patton, WWII, world war II, Lipizzaner, Lipizzan, Soviets, German SS, Aryan, tanks, cavalry, Task Force Baum, Cossacks, Hostau, Americans, disney film, san diego zoo, spanish riding school, vienna