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Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider

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Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to discuss the incredible life of Evans Carlson.

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• 01:48 Introduction

• 02:50 American quirk

• 08:14 China

• 10:18 Soviet policy

• 14:01 Nicaragua

• 16:29 Edgar Snow

• 21:11 FDR

• 24:42 8th Route Army

• 31:52 Embargo

• 38:30 Raiders

• 42:40 Makin Island

• 46:30 Force multiplier

• 52:44 1946

Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast

Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack

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238 episodes

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Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to discuss the incredible life of Evans Carlson.

▪️

Times

• 01:48 Introduction

• 02:50 American quirk

• 08:14 China

• 10:18 Soviet policy

• 14:01 Nicaragua

• 16:29 Edgar Snow

• 21:11 FDR

• 24:42 8th Route Army

• 31:52 Embargo

• 38:30 Raiders

• 42:40 Makin Island

• 46:30 Force multiplier

• 52:44 1946

Follow along on Instagram, X @schoolofwarpod, and YouTube @SchoolofWarPodcast

Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack

  continue reading

238 episodes

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