Podcasts by USAHEC Perspectives Lectures Series (Audio)
Military History Lectures and Events held at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center, brought to you in podcast form. Our lecturers are scholars, soldiers, and authors who are speaking to a U.S. Army audience about military history and the history of war.
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Connecting Latino: Military Service and Belonging in the United States from 2023-11-20T10:07:09
While research has shown Latinos are highly patriotic, political rhetoric often questions their patriotism and residence in the United States. In his lecture, Dr. McGlynn will examine how Latina...
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Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 from 2023-11-09T14:39:51
Supply and logistics are an integral component of military operations, which influences every aspect of military planning, operational art, and strategy. Among the many challenges faced by the f...
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Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command from 2023-09-14T13:57:25
Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's...
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Military History for the Modern Strategist: America’s Major Wars Since 1861 from 2023-08-21T15:47
Military expert Dr. Michael O’Hanlon examines America’s major conflicts since the mid-1800s: the Civil War, the two World Wars, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. O’Hanlon addresses profound...
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Divisions: A New History of Race and America's World War II Military from 2023-05-18T16:03
America's World War II military was a force of good. While saving the world from Nazism, it also managed to unify a famously fractious American people. At least that is the story the U.S. Army p...
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Tactical Arrogance: British Military Disasters In The Wilderness, 1755-1777 from 2023-04-18T17:45:51
Defeat is a possibility in almost any undertaking. Understanding how to turn failures into lessons learned is a key contributing skill to bringing about future success. In two of his recent book...
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Special Episode: Steve Leonard and The Further Adventures of Doctrine Man from 2023-04-05T15:23:32
This lecture was recorded at the open house for the USAHEC's newest exhibit, “Ka-Pow Boom! Understanding the Soldier Experience through Comic and Illustrative Art.” Writer, former military strat...
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A Revolution in Dignity: Writing the Ukrainian Spirit through Fiction with Kalani Pickhart from 2023-03-30T10:56:49
In her award-winning novel “I Will Die In A Foreign Land”, author Kalani Pickhart offers an opportunity to connect with the human aspect of the conflict. The novel, winner of the 2022 New York Publ...
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Respect and Authority: Dick Winters, Ronald Speirs, and the Mantle of Command from 2023-02-17T09:31
The harrowing experiences of Major Dick Winters and Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Spiers, along with their abilities to successfully lead solders, provide deep insights for anyone interested in lea...
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The Compleat Victory: Saratoga and the American Revolution from 2022-11-23T11:37:52
Lecture at the USAHEC with U.S. Army War College professor Dr. Kevin J. Weddle:
In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outco...
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The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost from 2022-10-14T15:29:52
In the lecture Dr. Nolan will discusses the misconception that major battles determine clear-cut outcomes of wars, questioning the decisive power of even the most lopsided battles and debunking ...
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Fighting in the Desert: The American Civil War in the Southwest from 2022-09-16T10:46:41
On September 14, 20022 the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented a lecture by Pulitzer Prize nominated author Dr. Megan Kate Nelson. In this lecture, Dr. N...
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Britain at Bay from 2022-08-26T13:47:25
In this lecture, Dr. Alan Allport of Syracuse University, discusses World War II’s critical first years and how the United Kingdom’s strategic and political decisions impacted the outcome of the...
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The Democratic Advantage in Great Power Competition: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2022-06-23T13:49:32
On June 22, 2022 the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented a lecture by Georgetown University Professor, Dr. Matthew Kroenig. In this lecture, Dr.Kroenig p...
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The Return of Empire and Great Power Competition Perspectives Lecture Series from 2022-04-26T09:30:39
April 20, 2022 – Robert D. Kaplan
On April 20, 2022 the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented a lecture by the New York Times bestselling
When France Fell: Perspective Lecture from 2022-03-28T10:44
February 16, 2022 – Dr. Michael Neiberg
On February 16, 2022 the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented a lecture by Dr. Michael Neiberg of the U.S. A...
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When France Fell: Perspective Lecture Series from 2022-03-28T10:44
February 16, 2022 – Dr. Michael Neiberg
On February 16, 2022 the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, presented a lecture by Dr. Michael Neiberg of the U.S. A...
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Edward M. Almond and the U.S. Army: From the 92nd Infantry Division to the X Corps from 2021-11-17T01:00
On February 6, 2020, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania welcomed USAHEC Senior Historian Dr. Michael Lynch as he presented his talk on Edward M. Almond. Lt. Ge...
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Shifting the Oversight Lens on Cyberspace Operations: Perspectives Lecture from 2021-10-20T01:00
On September 16, 2021 at 6:30PM EST, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania welcomed Prof. Amy Gaudion, of Penn State Dickinson Law, as she presented her lecture, ...
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Statecraft and Cyberspace: Is the Best Cyber-Defense a Good Cyber-Offense? from 2021-09-13T13:40
On August 19, 2021 at 6:30PM EST, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania welcomed Dr. Peter Campbell, of Baylor University, as he presented his lecture, Statecraft an...
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Boy on the Bridge: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2021-09-01T00:00
August 19, 2020 – Dr. Andrew Marble
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Ashley’s War: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2021-08-18T00:00
November 18, 2015 - Gayle Lemmon
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Bugs and Nukes, Ethics and Leadership from 2021-07-07T00:00
August 21, 2013-Dr. Conrad Crane
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Berlin 1945: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2021-06-02T05:00
April 22, 2021 – Mr. D.M. Giangreco
On April 22, 2021 at 6:30PM EST, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania welcomed author and scholar Mr. D.M. Giang...
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Responsible AI as Process, not Product: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2021-05-05T05:00
February 18, 2021 – Dr. David Danks
On February 18, 2021, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in coordinatio...
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How to Think Like an Officer: Perspectives Lecture Series from 2021-04-07T13:54:24
March 11, 2021 – Dr. Reed Bonadonna
On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania welcomed author and scholar Dr. Reed Bonadonna to present his ...
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Developing Strategists - Dr. Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2020-06-03T09:31:03
May 7, 2020 - Dr. Thomas Bruscino
On May 7, 2020, at 6:30 PM EST, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania live-streamed a lecture entitled Developing Stra...
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The Partnership that Almost Won the Civil War- Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2020-05-20T10:31:10
April 15, 2020 - Dr. Cristian Keller
On April 15, 2020, at 6:30PM, the USAHEC welcomed Dr. Christian Keller of the U.S. Army War College to give a lecture based on his latest book, The...
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The Battle of the Bulge -Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2020-03-18T10:02:27
March 4, 2020 - Mr. Martin King
“They’ve got us surrounded – the poor b********!” was the defiant refrain among the cold and miserable 101st Airborne Division Soldiers valiantly defending...
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Hello Girls: USAHEC Women's Equality Day Lecture from 2019-12-24T06:00
August 23, 2019 - Dr. Elizabeth Cobbs
The Hello Girls is the untold story of how America’s first female Soldiers helped win World War I, earned the vote, and fought the U.S. Army for reco...
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Young Washington - Dr. Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2019-12-12T09:09:51
November 7, 2019 - Mr. Peter Stark
In the waning and bleak months of 1753, a young and naive George Washington trekked through the Ohio frontier on behalf of the British Crown to forge ...
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Broken Lives and Shattered Bones: Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-11-07T09:12:37
October 16, 2019 - Superintendent Brandon Bies, Manassas National Battlefield Park
Amid the stink of blood, the moans of wounded, and the detritus of battle, a Civil War battlefield surge...
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The British Are Coming: General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley Memorial Lecture from 2019-10-02T10:40:31
September 18, 2019 - Mr. Rick Atkinson
In mid-January 1777, Lord Cornwallis of the invincible British Army retreated from the New Jersey countryside after two years of epic struggle again...
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Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnam War: Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-09-18T12:51:48
August 21, 2019 - Dr. Edwin E. Moïse
On the night of August 4, 1964, two American warships clashed with torpedo boats in the dark waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. The “attack” rapidly pushed...
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Gettysburg's Peach Orchard: Dr. Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2019-09-06T08:51:40
August 1, 2019 - Mr. James A. Hessler
On July 2, 1863, the once serene orchard of local Gettysburg farmer Joseph Sherfy was bathed in the blood that forever changed its name to the “Peach...
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Dispatches of D-Day: Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-08-22T10:18:59
July 17, 2019 - Mr. Jared Frederick
Along the steep cliffs and thick, mazelike hedgerows of Normandy, American Soldiers broke Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” and flooded France with a new sens...
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Brothers in Valor: Perspective in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-08-08T11:04:44
May 15, 2019 - Dr. Robert F. Jefferson, Jr.
From the blood soaked earth of the American Civil War to the booby-trapped jungle pathways of Vietnam and beyond, 89 African American Soldiers ...
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D-Day Journal: The Untold Story of a U.S. Ranger on Omaha Beach from 2019-07-29T15:40:57
May 18, 2019 - Mr. Jack Kennard
In this lecture based on his book, D-Day Journal: The Untold Story of a U.S. Ranger on Omaha Beach, Mr. Kennard uses his father’s journal to present...
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Rising in Flames: Dr. Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2019-07-09T09:07
May 2, 2019 - Mr. J.D. Dickey
In late 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman brought his brand of “hard war” to the Georgia countryside between Atlanta and Savannah. The campaign de...
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Rampage: Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-05-23T16:17:08
April 17, 2019 - Mr. James M. Scott
“I shall return!” General Douglas MacArthur spoke those words into the dreary darkness in 1942 when he fled the Japanese invasion of the Philippine isl...
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Smashing Hitler's Panzers: Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2019-04-08T16:09:31
March 27, 2019 - Mr. Steven Zaloga
Late in January 1945, through the snowy forests and farms of the Ardennes, the cream of Hitler’s remaining army struggled through a muddy retreat, defea...
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Hue, 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam from 2019-02-06T16:40:26
November 28, 2018 - Dr. Mark Bowden
On the morning of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched an ambitious series of attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the...
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy - General Omar Bradley Memorial Lecture from 2019-01-19T11:23:55
October 17, 2018 - Sir Max Hastings
The Vietnam War remains one of the world’s most contentious conflicts, with the reverberations of its blood-soaked defiance against American interventi...
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Three Battalions in May - Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2018-12-12T09:51:52
September 19, 2018 - Dr. Erik Villard
On January 30, 1968, North Vietnamese attacks across fronts spanning from the North/South Vietnam Boarder to Saigon started a country-wide...
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Thunder in the Argonne - Dr. Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2018-11-27T13:50:14
August 2, 2018 - Dr. Douglas Mastriano
In the early hours of September 26, 1918, determined American Soldiers rushed into ‘No Man’s Land’ to play their part in the l...
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The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed - Perspectives in Military History Roundtable from 2018-08-08T09:51:49
March 17, 2018 - Colonel Gregory Fontenot, U.S. Army Retired
When the dust settled after Desert Storm in 1991, the First Infantry Division had engaged and defeated at least twelve Iraqi d...
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Home Front to Battlefront - Perspectives in Military History from 2018-07-25T14:07:18
July 18, 2018 - Mr. Frank Lavin
Carl Lavin was a high school senior in Canton, Ohio when 4,500 miles away Japanese Zeros screamed over Pearl Harbor. Along with thousands of young men and ...
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Washington's Immortals - Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2018-07-13T09:59:22
May 16, 2018 - Mr. Patrick O'Donnell
In late August 1776, General George Washington commanded a panicked, trapped army of green Continental Soldiers on Long Island. Outflanked, Washington...
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The Treaty of Versailles - Brooks E. Kleber Memorial Lecture Series from 2018-06-15T16:37:23
May 3, 2018 - Dr. Michael Neiberg
On November 11, 1918, the American people released a collective sigh of relief. News of an armistice with the German-led Central Powers led Americans to ...
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What Have We Done? - Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2018-05-04T15:45:21
April 18, 2018 - Mr. David Wood
"War is a morally treacherous enterprise." So says Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent and author, David Wood. Through years of experience embedded wi...
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An American on the Western Front - Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series from 2018-03-22T14:01:55
February 21, 2018 - Mr. Patrick Gregory, Editor and Author
With the entrance of America into World War I, young Arthur Clifford Kimber put down his books at Stanford University and enlist...
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