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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Author interviews connect battlefield decisions with doctrine, institutions, intelligence systems, and the stories later built around war.
New Books in Military History turns author interviews into close examinations of how wars are planned, interpreted, and remembered. The questioning keeps abstract military concepts tied to decisions on the ground, from competing objectives during Operation Barbarossa to the…
At Smolensk, the neat arrow on your map runs into three simultaneous objectives.
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A wartime diary becomes a working instrument for surviving absence and keeping a self intact.
Vera Conrad's wartime diary gives the episode its center of gravity. After learning in December 1943 that her husband Joachim was missing, she kept writing to him in his absence. Dr.
A grounded look at how Czech identity and imperial duty could coexist in wartime Prague.
Prague between 1914 and 1920 comes through as a city where Czech national feeling did not simply cancel out service to the Austro-Hungarian war effort.
A measured look at why wartime Iranian nationalism can be hard for American policymakers to read.
Vali Nasser's conversation with Paul Starobin looks at what the United States can miss when it reads Iran mainly through diaspora politics and domestic opposition.
Saavedra's diary and Pensacola's fall reframe Yorktown through Spanish logistics and maritime perspective.
Francisco de Saavedra's Revolutionary War story shifts Yorktown away from the usual shoreline and toward the Spanish planning that helped make the wider campaign work.
Peter Stansky traces Orwell's formation through Eton, empire, patriotism, socialism, and 1984.
Peter Stansky brings George Orwell's patriotism into focus without smoothing away the central tension: a deeply patriotic Englishman who, over time, became a committed socialist.
A Civil War diary shaped by Manhattan, the draft riot, Lincoln, and prejudice.
George Templeton Strong's Civil War diary anchors a discussion of Manhattan, the draft riot, field hospitals, Lincoln, and the strain of watching a republic split apart.
A careful look at how the Civil Guard, local violence, and rising political mobilization shaped the Second Republic.
The episode keeps its focus tight, using case studies to build its argument instead of leaning on broad summary. The Civil Guard sits at the center of the account of the Second Republic, while Barcelona, Castelblanco, and Arnedo show how local violence could quickly become…
A steady look at hijacking, militancy, and how terrorism's meaning changed in the 1970s.
Jason Burke's discussion of The Revolutionists is steady and clear-eyed. It traces how extremist hijackings helped shape the 1970s, then shows how the conflict changed once later violence in Lebanon raised the stakes.
Outnumbered units, remembered under fire.
Battle maps, war films, and patient context.
War news, tested against military reality.
Antique European history, read aloud.
Claire Morelon discusses Streetscapes of War and Revolution: Prague, 1914–1920, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024, with Dr.
Jason Burke discusses his book 'The Revolutionists,' exploring the rise of international terrorism in the 1970s, including left-wing and Islamist extremism.
The episode discusses how wheat, shipping, and wartime administration sat at the center of Allied cooperation.
Amos Fox joins the show to talk about multidomain operations and why the idea matters in contemporary military thinking.
Brenda Wineapple and Jeff Wisner take up George Templeton Strong's Civil War diaries.
Steven Sikiewicz talks with Gudrun Pierson about Russian military thought.
Nathan Hobson talks about samurai reception and how samurai figures move through modern popular culture.
Erika Quinn discusses This Horrible Uncertainty: A German Woman Writes War, 1939-1948, a book built from Vera Conrad’s diary and personal papers in the Walter Kempowski archive.
New Books in Military History features Colleen M.
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Nicole Wegner discusses Martialling Peace: How the Peacekeeper Myth Legitimises Warfare, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2023, with Dr.
The host speaks with Gershom Gorenberg about his book on codebreakers, spies, and the effort to drive the Nazis from the Middle East.
Jeremy Black discusses The Revolutionary War with Charles Cotillo on New Books in History, arguing that the conflict must be read as military history rather than only ideology or identity.
Trish FitzSimons and Madeline Shaw discuss Fleeced: Unraveling the History of Wool and War, published by Bloomsbury in 2025.
Timothy Mannion discusses Army Group Center's attempt in the third week of July to do too much at once.
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes discusses his book on the Battle of Manila, exploring its late-war timing, strategic significance, and the complexities of urban combat.
Historian Jeremy Black discusses his book 'Britain's Imperial Histories,' arguing for a nuanced, context-driven understanding of the British Empire that avoids presentism.
Foster Chamberlain discusses his book on the Spanish Civil Guard, exploring how its militarized culture and emphasis on honor led to extreme political violence during the Second Republic.
Professor Jeffrey Knopf discusses his book on coercive diplomacy in Syria's chemical weapons crisis, analyzing why Obama's red line deterrence failed but later compellence succeeded.
Miranda Melcher speaks with Sarah Jones Weichsel about A Nation Unraveled: Clothing, Culture, and Violence in the American Civil War Era, a 2026 University of North Carolina Press book that treats clothing as a central battlefield of the war.
Mark Stout discusses World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence, published by the University Press of Kansas in 2023, with a focus on how World War I shaped the practices of modern U.S.
Patrick Chung discusses Standardizing Empire, a 2026 University of Pennsylvania Press book about the U.S.
Peter Stansky, emeritus professor of history at Stanford University, discusses The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War and argues that the First World War and the Second World War matter more in Orwell studies than many listeners expect.
Paul Starobin talks with Vali Nasr of Johns Hopkins University about the Iran war on day 11 and Nasr’s books The Shia Revival, Democracy in Iran, and Iran’s Grand Strategy.
Miranda Melcher speaks with Dr.
Miranda Melcher speaks with Dr.
Andrew Monahan joins Steven Sakavich to talk about Russian military reform and the rough relationship between Boris Yeltsin and the armed forces.
An interview with Dr.
An interview with Dr.
An academic interview discussing a new book on the design of arms control agreements and political volatility.
An academic interview discussing a new book on global piracy suppression between 1825-1870.
An interview with Dr.
An academic interview discussing a scholar's research on the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan during World War II.
This episode features a host interviewing three editors of a new book on military history, discussing their recently published research.
An academic interview discussing Duncan Kelly's book on World War I and the reconstruction of modern politics.
A scholar interviews an author about their recently published history book, part of the New Books Network's academic podcast series.
A scholarly interview podcast discussing recently published research in military history, part of the New Books Network.