Dr. Jonathan Abel talks with Dr. Bill Nance about strategy in World War II. They detail the strategic approaches going into the war of the major powers. They discuss why Germany, Japan, and Italy took the paths they did to begin the war. They explain the various Allies’ approaches and why the were so incoherent. They take the strategy up to early 1942, when the Axis peak and the Allies begin to turn the tide of the war.

Special thanks to J.R. Howard and Andy Mack of the Department of Sustainment and Force Management

“History is only a confused heap of facts.” – Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH
DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance
Artwork: Daniel O. Neal
Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band

Drs. Jonathan Abel and Bill Nance talk with Dr. Lori Henning about how American and British cavalry reacted to the development of air power. They begin by outlining the rise of air power before and during World War I. They discuss how both countries’ cavalry services incorporated air power in the 1920s. They continue to examine how developments in technology threatened horse cavalry in the 1930s. They conclude by noting that stories of techno-futurist prophets being oppressed by old recidivists in historiography are often exaggerated or outright false.

“History is only a confused heap of facts.” – Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH
DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance
Artwork: Daniel O. Neal
Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band

Dr. Jonathan Abel and Dr. Bill Nance are joined by Dr. Sean Kalic, Director of DMH, and Dr. Ethan Rafuse to talk about their project on U.S. presidents in wartime. They discuss the themes and trends that emerge from a study of the topic. They dissect the human dimension of the task before the presidents. They conclude with lessons for today’s warfighters.

“History is only a confused heap of facts.” – Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH
DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance
Artwork: Daniel O. Neal
Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band