American History Gazette

Rob Williams: Army Airborne Divisions and the Cold War

Robert F. Williams is a historian with the Army University Press and Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A former airborne infantry non-commissioned officer, he has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of the newly released "The Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America's Cold War Army."Get a copy of the book: https://a.co/d/al3lTXARob's website: https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-airborne-mafia-organizational-culture-and-institutional-change-in-the-u-s-army-1940-65/Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkOur website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com0:00 Intro 0:24 Importance of history 9:47 Why write the book 14:41 Rob's experience in the airborne divisions 20:22 What do airborne divisions do? 23:47 Origins of the airborne divisions 35:05 Soldiers become celebrities 44:20 How airborne divisions changed the army 49:07 Civil-military relations 55:41 The culture of airborne divisions 1:06:54 Vietnam War

Jonathan Reich: Charles Lindbergh and Antisemitism

Jonathan D. Reich MD M Sc is the author of the newly released "A Convenient Villain: Charles A. Lindbergh's Remarkable and Controversial Legacy Preparing the U.S. for War."Get a copy of the book: https://a.co/d/9OeJ2HpSubscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkOur website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com0:00 Intro0:31 About the author2:54 Was Lindbergh an antisemite?21:32 Truth29:07 First modern celebrity34:59 Transatlantic flight49:11 Visiting Nazi Germany1:01:47 Nazi Germany intel1:12:46 America First movement1:20:15 Lindbergh's military service

Thomas Schwartz: Nixon, Kissinger, and Foreign Policy

Thomas Schwartz is a historian of the foreign relations of the United States, with related interests in American politics, the history of international relations. He has held fellowships from the Social Science Research Council, the German Historical Society, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and the Center for the Study of European Integration. He has served as President of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations and served on the United States Department of State’s Historical Advisory Committee as the representative of the Organization of American Historians from 2005-2008.Get a copy of his book: https://a.co/d/hEMJSh5Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkOur website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com0:00 Intro0:17 History4:42 LBJ and the Vietnam War12:58 Nixon and Vietnam20:38 Nixon and Kissinger controversy26:08 Idealist vs realist32:44 Living through the Cold War37:24 Nixon vs Reagan41:34 Nixon China visit1:00:39 Watergate1:02:00 Kissinger and foreign policy1:13:16 Historical figures

Donald Stinson: Nixon, Watergate, and the White House

Don Stinson is the author of "Downstairs at the White House," his true story of loitering outside the Oval Office as a teenage clerk during Watergate. Get a copy of the book: https://a.co/d/bb87vRD Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Our website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/ Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com 0:00 Intro0:22 The memoir29:08 Vietnam War38:47 The White House58:09 Nixon1:20:03 Watergate1:39:58 Gerald Ford1:54:15 The famous unmarked book2:00:34 Washington DC

Keith Saliba: The Vietnam War

Keith Saliba is a professor at Jacksonville University and he is the author of "Death in the Highlands: The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me" and "Crucible 1972: The War for Peace in Vietnam." Get a copy of the book: https://a.co/d/6cdETgZKeith's website: https://www.jkeithsaliba.com/ Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history! Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Our website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/ Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com 0:00 Intro 0:44 Studying history 4:40 Interviewing Vietnam veterans 13:16 The impact of TV 19:57 LBJ escalation of the war 31:44 Nixon's Vietnamization 48:35 The war for peace 51:47 North Vietnamese offensive 59:30 Iraq and Afghanistan 1:04:33 Nixon