Harvest of Mars: History and War
Harvest of Mars seeks to uncover the essentials of war. Essentials that have been swept under the rug or forgotten by people and societies eager to rewrite history in a way that is intellectually pleasing. This podcast seeks to open your eyes to aspects of military history that, as Paul Fussell accurately noted, never got into the books because of what he called the Disneyfication of war. Here you will get authentic insights from someone who has a genuine love for the material.If you are curious and enjoy seeing things from a new perspective, this is the podcast for you! You do not even know a lot about military history. Perhaps you enjoy stories about the past but have never taken a history course and are just curious. It’s all good. I get students all the time who are new to history and they learn a ton because I nudge people toward new things they have not thought about rather than have them memorize facts. .
Podcasting since 2022 • 23 episodes
Harvest of Mars: History and War
Latest Episodes
Russia-Ukraine War: President Trump’s Influence on Negotiations
“That is a war that’s dying to be settled. I will get it settled before I even become president.” - Donald Trump, during a September 2024 presidential debateUS President-elect Donald Trump has for two years loudly and boldly ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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Could the Axis Powers Have Won WWII?: Part II
“When America had defeated Japan by detonating an atomic bomb, the Führer had sent a V-3 rocket to explode in the skies of New York to prove he could retaliate in kind if struck. After that, the war had dwindled to ... a nuclear stalemate...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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Could the Axis Powers Have Won WWII?: Part I
“This is how history went after McCoy changed it … Because ALL this lets them develop the A-bomb first. With the A-bomb & with their V2 rockets to carry them, Germany captured the world.” - Spock, from the Star Trek
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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36:51
S.L.A. Marshall and the Ratio-of-Fire Theory: Did Only 15-20% of US Riflemen Fire Their Weapons during WWII?
“I had a feeling of the essential rightness of all. He was dead and I was alive; it could so easily have been the other way round; and that would somehow have been right too.” - Richard Hillary, Royal Air Force pilot, reflect...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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55:01