History's Most Famous Battles

Warfare

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🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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War! Something so ruinous has the power to both bring communities together whilst conversely ripping them apart. Many have taken place, but why are some remembered more than others? From The Battle of Culloden to The Second World War, we examine the legacies and myths that fire our understanding of war. In this episode, James is joined by Beatrice Heuser, Professor of International Relations at the University of Glasgow, expert historian, and author. Together, they work their way through some of the most renowned conflicts in history.

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0:29.0	Hello everyone, welcome back to the history hit Warfare podcast. I'm your host James
0:35.8	Rogers and in this episode we've got one of the UK's leading
0:38.7	Scholars of War Professor Beatrice Hoiser from the University of Glasgow. Now I first came across Beatrice Hoiser from the University of Glasgow.
0:43.4	Now I first came across Beatrice's work when she was writing about the evolution of strategy.
0:48.6	I mean it informed my undergraduate and master's degrees and she was writing about Klausovitz. She's also
0:53.8	written about Hiroshima Nagasaki contemporary warfare and pretty much every
0:58.4	aspect of the history of war. She is a true expert. In this episode, she's going to take us through the most famous
1:05.2	battles in history. I think we go back to like the 1100s and work our way through. We touch on
1:10.9	Colodden, we work our way through the First World War into the Second World War and we discuss what exactly makes an enduring battle a legacy a myth that fuels our understanding of the nation-state can even fuel future wars
1:25.7	or was perhaps so horrendous that it inspires peace.
1:30.3	So here she is, Professor Beatrice Hoiser on the most podcast.
1:54.0	How are you doing today?
1:55.0	Very well, thank you and thank you very much for having me on your podcast.
1:58.0	No, not a problem at all.
2:00.0	Great to hear you're doing well.
2:01.0	I'm really glad you've been able to join us because I would
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