Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts
Summary: Located in Chicago, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is open to the public with live events and a collection of books, art, and artifacts that tell the story of the Citizen Soldier in American military history. This master feed will provide all available Library programs including events with award-winning authors, interviews with Medal of Honor recipients, and panel discussions on military issues. To view more than 300 previous Library programs, visit pritzkermilitary.org.
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Podcasts:
Join us for a look at the Politics of Defense and National Security on Front & Center with John Callaway.
It was the worst possible time to break down. On June 15, 1969, Lt. Thomas G. Kelley was leading a column of eight Navy river assault craft along the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. But only moments after one of the carriers broke down, unable to...
Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 frames the outcome of that day with the story of Luttrell's experience as a SEAL.
In his book Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew, Alex Kershaw tells an incredible story of the U.S. Navy and the Silent Service during World War II.
Todd DePastino's Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front is the first full-length biography of one of the most important voices in American war reporting. Mauldin's cartoons appeared in European editions of Stars and Stripes from 1943-45, and were syndicated back home.
The alliance between Nazi Germany and Japan was marked by few shared efforts. When Hitler gave a pair of new U-Boats to Japan, German manufacturers protested over potential patent violations; in 1944-45, as German armies struggled to defend their own soil,...
What is our strategic position in the region? What is in store for the two Koreas, their neighbors and the world? Join us for an exploration of the two Koreas on Front & Center with John Callaway.
He is the most recent living recipient of America's highest award for military valor. In a ceremony at the White House in 2007, more than 41 years after his incredible exploits as a pilot in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, a legend in Army aviation received...
Researched and written by Edward M. Burke and Thomas J. O'Gorman, End of Watch: Chicago Police Killed in the Line of Duty 1853-2006 stretches from Constable Quinn to Patrolman Eric Solorio, who died of injuries sustained in a patrol car accident in January...
In 1858, fate had yet to pay its call on them. Abraham Lincoln was giving galvanizing speeches across Illinois...and losing an election. Jefferson Davis was suffering the health consequences of an old hotel tryst in Cuba. William Tecumseh Sherman, the general...
Sonia Reich believes that she is being hunted. Her food is rancid and hair ridden with lice; her doctors are trying to poison her, and someone has painted a yellow Star of David on her lawn to mark her for the executioners.
Join John Callaway for an exploration of "Israel: A Strategic Review".
In one ferocious battle after another, without a moment's rest between the defense of a key bridge and an assault on an enemy-held village, Echo Company had lost almost two-thirds of its Marines. But when another company of Marines radioed in desperate need...
James McPherson is the recipient of the 2007 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. He is the author of fifteen books and the editor of another dozen.
Marc Leepson is a journalist, historian and the author of six books.
