Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts

In this monumental critical analysis of the 3,000-year history of special operations, Leebaert proves that "[a]n opponent's strength does not consist of numbers only or plain superiority of weapons."

Join John Callaway for a discussion featuring General Anthony Zinni, Benjamin Page and Charles Glaser on Zinni's new book, The Battle For Peace.

Douglas S. Russell was born in Chicago and educated at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa College Of Law.

In Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America Truman K. Gibson Jr. chronicles a life spent at the center of the struggle for racial justice.

Ongoing events in Iraq show how difficult it is for the world's only remaining superpower to impose its will upon other peoples. From Vietnam, French and US, to Afghanistan, Russian and US, to Israel and the Palestinians, to Somalia and Kosovo, recent history...

Kristin Henderson is a journalist married to a military chaplain who has served in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

The cost of the war in Iraq, homeland security in the US, and deployment of American troops around the globe are both taxing the U.S. treasury and generating heated debate in Congress.

In March 1968, in the weeks following the Tet Offensive, Captain Bucha and his company found themselves surrounded and cutoff by the North Vietnamese.

Once revered as one of the finest officers in the U.S. Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont is now, when remembered at all, criticized for resisting technological advancement and for half-heartedly leading the disastrous all-ironclad Union naval attack...

At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, America's notorious villain. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, Booth threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat.

Until 1822, when John Jacob Aster swallowed up the fur trade and the trading posts of the upper Mississippi were closed, the 6,000-strong Sauk Nation occupied one of North America's largest and most prosperous Indian settlements.

U.S. Army Special Forces Major Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more he is the man to whom the President turns when he needs an investigation done discreetly.

It was the largest battle ever for the United States Marine Corps, and, in total, nearly 50,000 killed in action or wounded on both sides in the 36-day battle involving over 90,000 troops.

The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) was founded in 1997, the 50th Anniversary year of the Marshall Plan. Two major projects of MLI are the Mine Detection Dog Partnership Program (MDDPP) and Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS).

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes is the granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittle. Calculated Risk is a firsthand account that brings readers inside the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle.