Stories of War with Max Hastings
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 November 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
As the country remembers the sacrifice made by those men and women who have given their lives and health in serving the nation Dan is joined by Sir Max Hastings to examine the ever-changing face of warfare. His new book Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace examines not just the heroism of those who have fought wars over the centuries but also the suffering and squalor that conflict brings. Sir Max also reflects on his own experiences as a battlefield reporter in Vietnam and the Falklands, the effect those experiences had on him and why battlefields continue to fascinate him and the public.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. Welcome down to Noose History here. We've got some axe hastings back on the |
| 0:03.8 | podcast. He's one of the most popular guests. We get one of these most popular, widely |
| 0:07.5 | red military historians in the world. He's written some gigantic history books. He has been |
| 0:13.1 | on battlefields himself. He made his name for himself as a young reporter in the Vietnam |
| 0:17.1 | war. He was in the Fulpens war. And he's seen many other conflicts. And that's before |
| 0:21.8 | he started editing some Britain's newspapers. His latest book is a kind of reflection |
| 0:27.0 | looking back in his career. Some of those interesting stories, some of those interesting |
| 0:30.0 | things he's come across in the course of that career. Some of the most interesting stories, |
| 0:35.2 | some of the most interesting experiences, first-hand accounts of war, both by civilians |
| 0:41.2 | or men and women who took part in the fighting. It's fascinating. I thought it would be appropriate |
| 0:45.4 | to talk about it during this remembrance week when our minds are turned to conflict for |
| 0:51.0 | those who never came home. And those who did come home, perhaps with complex physical and psychological |
| 0:57.5 | injuries that require long-term care and support. It was great to have Max Hastings back |
| 1:04.5 | on the podcast. Let's get us take on war along the writing of war history as well. If you |
| 1:09.4 | want to watch Matt Hastings' action, we've got some documentaries which I'm going to |
| 1:13.0 | talk to him over at History Hit TV. You also got to listen to other episodes in which |
| 1:16.8 | I've recorded with Max and many other historians and veterans and people who've experienced |
| 1:21.4 | history. You can do that at HistoryHit.TV. HistoryHit.TV. You go there, you get 30 days, |
| 1:27.0 | free of your son's day. We've been going for four years now, so I think I have to stop |
| 1:30.6 | saying I'm going to a new History Channel before you're so next week. So it's not a baby |
| 1:35.0 | channel, it's not an infant channel, but it's not infantile. I should quickly add. Please |
| 1:41.2 | head over to HistoryHit.TV and check it out, World's Best History Channel. In the meantime, |
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