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Ep 184: Alexander Burns on the Dawn of the Modern Battlefield
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Alexander Burns, Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University and author of Infantry in Battle 1733-1783 (From Reason to Revolution), joins the show to talk about how combat evolved in the decades between Marlborough and Napoleon.
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• 01:45 Introduction
• 02:19 1733
• 06:20 Infantry in battle
• 10:54 Achieving results
• 14:19 Tactical effectivness
• 18:40 Prussia
• 24:17 More than fear
• 29:45 Early nationalism
• 33:12 American evolution
• 38:50 Drones and prestige
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
195 episodes
Manage episode 471331701 series 2998419
Alexander Burns, Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University and author of Infantry in Battle 1733-1783 (From Reason to Revolution), joins the show to talk about how combat evolved in the decades between Marlborough and Napoleon.
▪️
Times
• 01:45 Introduction
• 02:19 1733
• 06:20 Infantry in battle
• 10:54 Achieving results
• 14:19 Tactical effectivness
• 18:40 Prussia
• 24:17 More than fear
• 29:45 Early nationalism
• 33:12 American evolution
• 38:50 Drones and prestige
Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
195 episodes
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