New Books in Military History

It is not often that fictional accounts might warrant serious consideration by military historians, but in the case of Frederic Krome’s recent book, Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914-1945 (Routledge, 2011) some of the most fantastic stories from the realm of pulp science fiction are given a second look. Surprisingly these [...]

Interview with Fredric Krome [ 55:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The story of the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific Theatre in the Second World War is no doubt quite familiar to our listeners. Less well known, however, is the story of how the Marine Corps readied itself for the challenges of amphibious warfare during the interwar period. No less obscure is the record [...]

Interview with David Ulbrich [ 1:09:38 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

An earlier author described the British invasion of Mesopotamia in 1914 as “The Neglected War.” It no longer deserves that title thanks to the brilliant treatment of the subject by Professor Charles Townshend (University of Keele). His Desert Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia (Harvard University Press, 2011) describes in impressive detail both the political [...]

Interview with Charles Townshend [ 1:03:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Konrad H. Jarausch, whose varied and important works on German history have been required reading for scholars for several decades, has published Reluctant Accomplice: A Wehrmacht Soldier’s Letters from the Eastern Front (Princeton University Press,  2011),  a collection of his father’s missives from Poland and Russia during the early years of the Second World War, now translated [...]

Interview with Konrad Jarausch Play Now | Play in Popup | Download