AskHistorians Podcast Episode 182 is now live!
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This Episode:
I talk with /u/Iphikrates about the beginnings of academic military history in 19th century Prussia. Why, in a state so strongly associated with its military traditions, was the academic study of military history so heavily opposed both from the academy and from the army? How did the field emerge despite this opposition? Who were the big names? What sorts of controversies were fought over? Find out all this and more on this fortnight's AskHistorians Podcast. 60 mins.
Day: made.
Awesome! I enjoyed Iphikrates' answers in this subreddit about the topic, so I'm looking forward to this.
Excellent episode as expected, great questions too from the host. As someone who works in the military now, that sense of entitlement to military history among the officer class is alive and well.