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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

WWII history book – “Escape from Paris” (Da Capo, 2019) – Stephen Harding interview

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Stephen Harding is currently editor of Military History Magazine. He’s been an Army staff historian, a magazine writer and editor and he’s written numerous popular books on World War II. We talk about his latest book “Escape from Paris” which focuses on three B-17 gunners shot down over France and the young French woman and her family who help them evade capture in German-held Paris.

0:44 – Stephen talks about how he got into studying and writing on WWII.

4:47 – Stephen talks about his book “Escape from Paris.”

10:20 – Stephen talks about he mixes the big picture and the personal stories in the book.

11:51 – Stephen talks about the American aerial gunners he focused on in the book.

12:54 – Stephen talks about how this book is similar to his previous books on the real people who fought in WWII.

14:29 – Stephen talks about the French Resistance and how many women were involved with it.

18:34 – Stephen talks some more about how many women in France were engaged in combat action.

20:29 – Stephen talks about what the story of the American gunners involves and how they got shot down.

24:33 – Stephen talks about the Hotel Les Invalides.

25:51 – Stephen talks about where he went to research the book and what he found.

30:10 – Stephen talks about an unusual 11th man on one of the B-17s that was shot down in this story.

32:34 – Stephen talks about how the French reacted to his research for this book.

33:33 – Stephen talks about some of the interesting documents and photographs he came across in his research.

39:07 – Stephen talks about some of the research he did with german documents.

43:56 – Stephen can be found at StephenHardingbooks.com and on facebook under Stephen Harding. He’s also editor of Military History Magazine. Readers can also go to historynet.com.

Links of interest

https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/stephen-harding/escape-from-paris/9780306922145/

http://Stephenhardingbooks.com

https://www.historynet.com/

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Guests: Stephen Harding

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, infantry, WWII, world war 2, WW2, military journalism, castle itter, paris, france, air force, escape, evasion, england, gunners, French Resistance, abwehr, gestapo, Virginia Hall, OSS, SOE, parachute, napoleon’s Tomb, aviator, united nations, united states