Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts
Summary: The Pritzker Military Library, located in Chicago, Illinois, has extensive collections in military history and military fiction, especially those works that illustrate the role of the citizen-soldier. The mission of the library is to build awareness of the importance of the military in our society by facilitating public debate and discussion on the impact of military issues. The Library has an extensive programming schedule. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public. All programs are available as a live webcast and are also archived for later viewing at www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org. This master feed will provide all available PML programs including Medal of Honor with Ed Tracy, Front & Center with John Callaway, and Pritzker Military Library Presents series.
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Podcasts:
Jake Tapper: The Outpost
An unflinching, moving, and eye-opening account of the devastating sacrifices made during one of America’s deadliest battles in Afghanistan.
Military History Symposium: Allan R. Millett: The War for Korea, 1950-1951
Allan R. Millett is Ambrose Professor of History and Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans and is the recipient of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military...
Military History Symposium: Gerhard Weinberg: Big Men of WWII
Interviewed by Dr. John Allen Williams, one of America’s foremost WWII scholars, Gerhard Weinberg, for an in-depth discussion on the major players in WWII, and the effect each had on the war that changed the world.
In a spellbinding work of historical restoration, bestselling author Karen Abbott recounts in her new book the courage and audacious duplicity of four remarkable women—a socialite, a farmgirl, an abolitionist, and a widow—who played seminal roles during...
Sebastian Junger: WAR
Sebastian Junger spent several months embedded with the Second Platoon of the 173rd Airborne Brigade during their 2007-08 deployment to the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Command called the soldiers of Second Platoon “the best trained...and worst disciplined”.
Bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis shares his unique, myth-shattering, and insightful look at war—why we fight, who fights our wars and what we need to know but perhaps never learned about the growth and development of America’s military forces. Sponsored...
The Museum & Library's newest orginal work—a personal odyssey of service from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, offering a firsthand glimpse into the life of a 19th Century American citizen soldier—is explored in detail by Editor Susan Gilbreath...
As part of a community initiative to sustain a connection with the American public, Brigadier General Malcolm Frost visits for a free public program on the current state and future plans of the nation's Army.
Military History Symposium: Sir Max Hastings: Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
In this exciting program Sir Max Hastings gives the audience a sneak peak into his new book, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War.
A leadership book that illustrates the unique impact of Admiral Hyman Rickover's management techniques, Rear Adm. Dave Oliver's Against the Tide draws upon a wealth of untold stories to show how one man changed American and Navy culture while altering the...
