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Spanish Civil War military history book – “The People’s Army in the Spanish Civil War” (Pen & Sword Books, 2020) – Alex Clifford interview

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Alexander Clifford is a history teacher and has a passion for study of the world wars. He delved into the Spanish Civil War and wrote a book about the Republican Army. We spoke about his new book. Check out the book here https://amzn.to/3bxeXn6

1:09 – Alex discusses how it got into studying and writing on the Spanish Civil War.

3:45 – Alex talks about the levels of hatred and killing during this war.

6:07 – Alex talks about how he breaks the book down. The focus is mainly on military history and the Republican military.

9:02 – Alex talks about the make up of both armies.

19:30 – Alex talks about what the Soviets took from the Republicans and what they gave in return.

23:45 – Alex talks about Soviet goals during the war and how the fighting was going in 1937. He also discusses the French-Soviet alliance.

32:24 – Alex talks about the communist element in the war.

39:38 – Alex talks about urban warfare and where the Republicans did best such as at Madrid.

42:52 – Alex talks about where the International Brigades came from and did.

45:16 – Alex talks about how the Republicans managed the foreign fighters.

47:12 – Alex talks about the make-up of the International Brigades.

51:31 – Alex talks about how black Americans commanded white Americans in this war.

54:13 – Alex talks about the sources for his research starting with the International Brigade literature. He took a more military history angle when looking at them.

1:00:39 – Alex talks about German and Russian documents about the war..

1:03:07 – Alex talks about the honesty of the reports he read.

1:06:14 – Alex talks about Spanish afternoon naps during the war.

1:09:00 – Alex talks about trying to assess the people’s army overall.

1:19:30 – Alex can be found on twitter @historysmost and he has a podcast titled “History’s Most.”

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3bxeXn6

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Peoples-Army-in-the-Spanish-Civil-War-Hardback/p/17104

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1482668168

https://twitter.com/HistorysMost

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Guest: Alexander Clifford

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, inter-war period, spanish civil war, world war one, WWII, Guernica, Picasso, facsism, communism, democracy, hitler, hemmingway, orwell, stalin, mussolini, ideological conflict, colonial warfare, russian civil war, international brigades, guerilla warfare, for whom the bell tolls, pan’s labyrinth, moroccan, morroco, spanish foreign legion, condor legion, messerschmit, stuka, blitzkreig, militia, WW1, t-26, poland, monarchy, republican, POUM, trotsky, may day, catalan, madrid, barcelona, artillery, felicia brown, clive of india, african-americans, oliver law, berkley, merriman, el campesino, comintern, soviet union, poland, red army, ww1

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WWII aviation military history book – “Race of Aces” (Hachette Books, 2019) – John R. Bruning interview

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John Bruning is a historian with a passion for WWII aviation. He’s written books on the subject and we spoke about his most recent book about the WWII race to be America’s top aviation ace Race of Aces. Check the book out here: https://amzn.to/2Rdem20

0:42 – John talks about how he got into writing on WWII army aviation.

2:47 – John talks about how he structures the story of the five airmen in the book.

4:44 – John talks about how he chose what parts of the story to tell.

7:27 – John talks about the personalities of these airmen.

11:13 – John talks about the Army’s concern with their aces getting shot down.

14:05 – John talks about the Aleutians campaign and its part in this ace race.

17:26 – John talks about the planes involved in the race.

19:21 – John talks about his favorite parts of the book including Gerald Johnson’s romance with his future wife.

24:41 – John talks about the documents he used for his research and who he interviewed.

36:32 – John talks about how his perceptions about General Kinney changed during research.

40:05 – John talks about the champagne prize for winning the ace race.

40:38 – John talks about pilot Charles MacDonald.

44:55 – John talks about the emotional impact researching the book had on him. He relates a story of being in a chinook in Afghanistan.

1:02:45 – John is on facebook at John R. Bruning at the website johnbruning.com and theamericanwarrior.com.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2Rdem20

https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/john-r-bruning/race-of-aces/9780316508643/

https://theamericanwarrior.com/

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Guests: John R. Bruning

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: military, history, military history, conflict, war, interview, non-fiction book, corsair, marines, history, fighter groups, richard bong, tommy mcguire, neil kirby, charles macdonald, gerald johynson, tommy lynch, 475th, 348th, aleutians, 5th figher command, general kenney, general whitehead, 5th air force, alaska, kiska, P-38, P-39, P-40, planes of fame, 457th, 49th fighter group, hind, japan, das boot, afghanistan, detroit lake, WWII, world war two

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Samurai military history book – “Samurai” (ABC-CLIO Press, 2019) – Constantine Vaporis interview

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Samurai military history book – “Samurai” (ABC-CLIO Press, 2019) – Constantine Vaporis interview

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Dr. Constantine Vaporis teaches and writes on Japanese history, especially that of the samurai. We recently discussed his latest book on the samurai of the Tokugawa period. Samurai (ABC-CLIO Press, 2019)

0:38 – Constantine talks about how he got into writing on Japan and samurai.

3:22 – Constantine talks about how he determined what he wanted to focus on in this book. He focused on the Tokugawa period.

7:48 – Constantine talks about how the daimyo and samurai ran the government.

9:18 – Constantine talks about how samurai and non-samurai interacted in the government.

11:14 – Constantine talks about how men became samurai.

13:12 – Constantine talks about loyalty among the samurai.

14:53 – Constantine talks how some samurai were developed to be military leaders both in the army and navy.

18:30 – Constantine talks about the make-up of the Japanese military.

19:31 – Constantine talks about the size of the Japanese military before Tokugawa and during that period.

21:27 – Constantine talks about how the Tokugawas took weapons from the populace and the pacification of the countryside.

22:23 – Constantine talks about Japan became remilitarized and how samurai were unmade in the mid 1800s.

24:08 – Constantine talks about how the peace was kept during the Tokugawa period.

26:30 – Constantine talks about how peasants dealt with their problems with samurai.

27:29 – Constantine talks about the rules of the military household.

29:19 – Constantine talks about female fighters.

30:43 – Constantine talks about samurai who fled to southeast Asia at the end of the 16th century.

31:32 – Constantine talks about samurai attachment to their name and the land.

34:07 – Constantine talks about the cultural diversity of Japan in this period.

37:44 – Constantine talks about the resources he used for this book. He mentions the archives he used.

40:04 – Constantine talks about samurai helmets and sword guards.

42:05 – Constantine talks about the quality of samurai weapons and armor.

44:07 – Constantine talks about conflicts between Japanese and westerners.

45:36 – Constantine talks about the pressure the westerners put on Japanese culture.

47:02 – Constantine talks about Japanese analysis of western books and technology.

48:57 – Constantine talks about coming across a temple to a loyal cat. He also talks about samurai keeping dogs.

54:30 – Constantine talks about how justice was dispensed by the samurai.

1:00:48 – He has a site at voicesofearlymodernjapan.wordpress.com

Links of interest

Check out the book here

https://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4999C

voicesofearlymodernjapan.wordpress.com

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Guests: Constantine Vaporis

Host: Cris Alvarez

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