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Back to SearchCitizen Soldiers, Republican Virtues, and the Roman Way of War
Episode 110
How was the Roman way of war unique, and what were the virtues that defined the Roman Republic? Are there lessons for modern Republics from the Roman…
2 years, 4 months ago
Cathal J. Nolan, "The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost" (Oxford UP, 2019)
Episode 72
History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they coul…
2 years, 4 months ago
Gary J. Bass, "Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia" (Knopf, 2023)
Episode 189
In December 1948, a panel of 12 judges sentenced 23 Japanese officials for war crimes. Seven, including former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, were sente…
2 years, 5 months ago
Peter Wetzler, "Imperial Japan and Defeat in the Second World War: The Collapse of an Empire" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
Episode 1446
Informed Western understanding of Imperial Japan still often conjures up images of militarism, blind devotion to leaders, and fanatical pride in the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Judy Batalion, "The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos" (William Morrow, 2021)
Episode 514
Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland--s…
2 years, 5 months ago
Jan Grabowski, "On Duty: The Role of the Polish Blue and Criminal Police in the Holocaust" (Yad Vashem, 2024)
Episode 515
"The Polish Police, commonly called the Blue or uniformed police in order to avoid using the term “Polish,” has played a most lamentable role in the …
2 years, 5 months ago
Tracey German, "Russia and the Changing Character of Conflict" (Cambria Press, 2023)
Episode 271
Russia's actions in and around Ukraine in 2014, as well as its activities in Syria and further afield, sparked renewed debate about the character of …
2 years, 5 months ago
Mark Jantzen and John D. Thiesen, "European Mennonites and the Holocaust" (U Toronto Press, 2021)
Episode 1444
During the Second World War, Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, occupied Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various…
2 years, 5 months ago
Helen J. Nicholson, "Women and the Crusades" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 68
The crusade movement needed women: their money, their prayer support, their active participation, and their inspiration.
Helen J. Nicholson's book Wom…
2 years, 5 months ago
Adam Zientek, "A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front" (McGill-Queen's UP, 2024)
Episode 1443
Adam Zientek, Assistant Professor of History at UC Davis joins Jana Byars to talk about his new book, A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of …
2 years, 5 months ago