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Carlo D'Este: Warlord
Carlo D'Este: Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 After his first personal experience of battle, at 23 years of age, Winston Churchill wrote that "war, disguise it as you may,…
Joe Galloway and Hal Moore: We Are Soldiers Still
Joe Galloway and Hal Moore: We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam They were soldiers once, and young - and today, though many years older, they are soldiers still. …
Front & Center with John Callaway: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Front & Center with John Callaway: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: At Home and Abroad Their missions range from the deserts of Iraq to the wetlands of the United States, involving construction…
Medal of Honor Recipient Richard Pittman Interview
Medal of Honor Recipient Richard Pittman Interview As a high school student, Pittman was inspired by President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, and decided that his call to service lay in the…
Medal of Honor Recipient Michael Thornton Interview
Medal of Honor Recipient Michael Thornton Lt. Thomas Norris had a dangerous mission to complete, and he had his pick of men to join him. He chose a 23 year old Navy SEAL named Michael Thornton…
Alex Kershaw: Escape from the Deep
Alex Kershaw: Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and her Courageous Crew The USS Tang had a service record like no other submarine in the Pacific. Over the course of…
Front & Center with John Callaway: The Two Koreas
Front & Center with John Callaway: The Two Koreas: What is the Way Forward? At the time of this recording, North Korea had recently threatened to turn South Korea into a "sea of fire" and…
Burke O'Gorman: End of Watch
Edward M. Burke and Thomas J. O'Gorman: End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty 1853-2006 Constable James Quinn was the first. He had arrested a suspected thief in the Sands, a…
Bruce Chadwick: 1858
Bruce Chadwick: 1858 In 1858, fate had yet to pay its call on them. Abraham Lincoln was giving galvanizing speeches across Illinois...and losing an election. Jefferson Davis was suffering the…
Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell, USA and Mrs. Ann Campbell
Maj. Gen. John F. Campbell, USA and Mrs. Ann Campbell In May, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) completed its year-long rotation in Eastern Afghanistan. The Screaming Eagles formed the…
Front & Center with John Callaway: Israel
Front & Center with John Callaway: Israel: A Strategic Review With the Iraq war a key focal point in the 2008 presidential primaries, Israel garnered few headlines—yet the strategic interests…
NATO Photo Exhibit Opening
NATO Exhibition Opening at the Pritzker Military Library NATO Commander Admiral James Stavridis, NATO Assistant Secretary General Ambassador Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, City of Chicago…
Medal of Honor Recipient Walter Marm Interview
Medal of Honor Recipient Walter Marm Interview Walter Marm received the Medal of Honor outside the Pentagon on December 19, 1966, the first of three that were awarded for heroism in the Battle of…
Robert Schultz: We Were Pirates
Robert Schultz: We Were Pirates We Were Pirates is adapted from the colorful diaries and recollections of Robert Hunt, an enlisted man who served aboard the USS Tambor during World War II. The…
Anthony Weller: Weller's War
Anthony Weller: Weller's War: A Legendary Foreign Correspondent's Saga of World War II on Five Continents It's a bit too late to make the late edition, but we have some breaking news, never before…
James L. Nelson: George Washington's Secret Navy
James L. Nelson: George Washington's Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea Tricky situation here. It's 1775, and you need to prepare for battle against the world's most powerful…
Russell S. Bonds: War Like the Thunderbolt
Russell S. Bonds: War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta It was, from the start, an uneven battle. While other commanders made mere plans, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman…
Holger H. Herwig: The Marne, 1914
Holger H. Herwig: The Marne, 1914: The Opening of World War I &The Battle That Changed The World The British Tommy, the French Poilu, and the German Landser went to war in 1914, ready to show…
William Foley: Visions from a Foxhole
William Foley: Visions from a Foxhole: The Wartime Sketches of William Foley William A. Foley, Jr. served in Gen. George S. Patton’s “Ghost Corps”, joining the 94th Infantry Division as an…
Gerhard L. Weinberg: New Boundaries for the World
Gerhard L. Weinberg: New Boundaries for the World: The Post-War Visions of Eight World War II Leaders Stalin was certain he could see the future. Churchill had an idea what it would look like, too…