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Stories, debates, interviews, and memories. Fire, fury, scandal, and legend. Naval Academy students and faculty explore all things in the past, under the sun, and over the horizon.

Department of History, US Naval Academy


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    You Only Live Twice: Alcibiades, the Athenian 007 -- Part 2 (Tell Me Another #17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 43:06


    Dr. Nicholas Cross, USNA, continues the story of Alcibiades -- the Athenian Statesman / General, strategic advisor to Sparta, and a defector to Persia.

    You Only Live Twice: Alcibiades, the Athenian 007 -- Part 1 (Tell Me Another #16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 22:31


    In this Episode of Tell Me Another, Dr. Nicholas Cross (USNA), discusses one of the most fascinating figures in Greek history: Alcibiades. In his lifetime he served as Athenian Statesman, Athenian General, strategic advisor to Sparta, and a defector to Persia.

    Sustaining the Carrier War in the Pacific: CAPT Stan Fisher (Scholars by the Sea #13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 63:47


    Captain Stan Fisher, USN, Permanent Military Professor, discusses his book Sustaining the Carrier War: The Deployment of U.S. Naval Air Power to the Pacific. Captain Fisher's book recently received the John R. Lyman Award from the North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH).

    Diversity (Stories of Our Ancestors #3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 23:34


    In this episode, three Midshipmen recall their ancestors' struggles with civil rights, supporting their children, and promoting communal awareness.

    Most Eccentric Rulers (History's Top Three #18)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 30:33


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss their choices for the strangest or most unconventional monarchs of all time.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Partition of India, Ep. 2 (Tell Me Another #15)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 29:28


    In Part Two of this series, Prof. Hayden Bellenoit, Prof. Thomas Burgess, and Prof. Matthew Dziennik continue their discussion of the Partition of India.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Partition of India, Ep. 1 (Tell Me Another #14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 24:43


    In Part One this two-part series, Prof. Hayden Bellenoit, Prof. Thomas Burgess, and Prof. Matthew Dziennik discuss the Partition of India.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Forgotten But Important USMC Campaigns, Part Two (History's Top Three #17)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 25:49


    Our three co-hosts continue their discussion of three lesser-known yet significant US Marine Corps overseas interventions.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Captain David Forman: Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen (Life at the Academy #13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 29:08


    Three midshipmen interview Captain David Forman about his experiences as a midshipman at the Naval Academy, and lessons he has learned in his current capacity as Deputy Commandant. 

    Yugoslavia, the United States, and the Global Cold War: Milorad Lazic (Scholars by the Sea #12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 36:49


    An interview of Dr. Milorad Lazic, concerning his recent book, Unmaking Detente: Yugoslavia, the United States, and the Global Cold War, 1968-1980 (2022).Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Underappreciated Marines (History's Top Three #16)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 30:51


    Our three co-hosts discuss three Marines whose remarkable exploits have had an impact on history that is not well recognized.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Interview with Colonel James McDonough, USMC, Commandant of Midshipmen, U.S. Naval Academy (Blue and Gold)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 46:04


    In this Blue & Gold Series Podcast, Midshipmen Gavin Milligan and Peter Shaner interview Colonel James McDonough about lessons learned from his experience as a midshipman, and from his current capacity as Commandant of the US Naval Academy.

    Associate Provost John Freymann: A Life of Service (Life at the Academy #12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 69:15


    An interview by former Midshipman Nels Waraaniemi of Captain John Freymann, who reflects upon his remarkable naval career, his service in the Pentagon during 9/11, and twenty years of teaching in the USNA History Department.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    The Immigrant Experience in America (Stories of Our Ancestors #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023 26:04


    Three midshipmen relate stories of their ancestors coming to the United States, and their early experiences in a new society.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Clementine Fujimura: Annapolis According to an Anthropologist (Life at the Academy #11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 40:05


    Two midshipmen interview Dr. Clementine Fujimura, the Academy's sole anthropologist, about midshipmen culture and traditions, and how they often emerge in response to the unique challenges of student life on the Yard.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    African Revolutionary: Ali Sultan Issa, Part 2 (Tell Me Another #13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 21:49


    As a minister in Zanzibar's revolutionary government, Issa enjoys remarkable powers and privileges before he is accused of treason, and sentenced to death. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    African Revolutionary: Ali Sultan Issa, Part 1 (Tell Me Another #12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023 26:01


    In the 1950s, Issa leaves his native islands of Zanzibar and travels to five continents, searching for the knowledge and skills necessary to free his people from colonial rule.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Lesser Known Civil Rights Leaders (History's Top Three #15)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2023 30:58


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss the lives and contributions of three less recognized figures who fought for civil rights in the United States.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    How War Shapes the Generations (Stories of Our Ancestors #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 28:26


    Three midshipmen each relate the remarkable story of one of their ancestors, who served in either World War II, the Korean War, or in VietnamFollow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Forgotten But Important USMC Campaigns (History's Top Three #14)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 33:46


    Our three co-hosts discuss three lesser-known yet significant US Marine Corps overseas interventions.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Lee Pennington, On US Relations with Imperial Japan (Life at the Academy #10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2023 39:42


    Two midshipmen interview Dr. Lee Pennington on the life and career of Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Saito, in whose honor his family bequeathed the remarkable Pagoda Monument, standing today near Luce Hall.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Irregular Naval Warfare: Commander BJ Armstrong, USN (Scholars by the Sea #11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 27:22


    CDR Benjamin "BJ" Armstrong is a Permanent Military Professor in the Naval Academy History Department, and was selected for promotion to Captain this summer.  He teaches classes on American Naval History, Naval Strategy & Thought, and the department's Capstone Research Seminar.  He is the author or editor of 5 books, including Small Boats and Daring Men, which is discussed in this podcast.(Producer's note: Our host erroneously addresses Commander Armstrong as "Captain" during the introduction. At the time of recording, this is inaccurate. While it is true that Commander Armstrong was selected for promotion, he does not officially attain that rank until Summer 2023. We apologize for any confusion caused by our oversight.)Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Abolitionist John Brown in Historical Memory (Blue and Gold)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 30:56


    Four midshipmen discuss the controversies surrounding John Brown's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry, a key event leading to the Civil War. They also interview Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson, author of Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (2019).This podcast was produced for the US Naval Academy History Department's HH200 course, "The Historian's Craft." Organized around a topic of the instructor's choice, this first of three required History Major seminars introduces 3/C majors to the intellectual and structural origins of the modern discipline of history, including subfields of history and methodological approaches. Students pose a research question and pursue a research design, including a mini-prospectus along with an annotated bibliography. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Craig Symonds, Author of 27 Books on the Civil War, and US Navy (Life at the Academy #9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 43:17


    Two midshipmen interview Dr. Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus of the USNA History Department, regarding his remarkable career as an author and teacher, and his perspectives on how student life in Annapolis has changed since the 1970s.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Counseling in an Era of Unrest: Dr. Tom McCarthy (Scholars by the Sea #10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2023 42:16


    An interview of Dr. Tom McCarthy, of the Naval Academy's History Department, who discusses his recent book, Developing the Whole Person: A Practitioner's Tale of Counseling, College, and the American Promise.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Clash of the Ironclads, part 2 (Tell Me Another #11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 34:19


    This two-part series relates the story of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the most important sea battle of the American Civil War.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Clash of the Ironclads, part 1 (Tell Me Another #10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2023 30:35


    This two-part series relates the story of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the most important sea battle of the American Civil War.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Impressive Anti-Colonial Nationalists (History's Top Three #13)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 31:37


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss the three most impressive anti-colonial nationalists of all time.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Rae Jean Goodman, USNA's First Female Civilian Professor (Life at the Academy #8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 36:15


    Two midshipmen interview Dr. Rae Jean Goodman, Professor Emeritus of the Academy's Economics Department, to discuss her perspective on evolving Brigade culture after female midshipmen were inducted in 1976 as well as her innovative efforts to further educate and support her peers through "Teaching Portfolios."Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    China's Rise as a Global Power: Dr. Frank DikÓ§tter (Scholars by the Sea #6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 27:08


    An interview of Dr. Frank DikÓ§tter, one of the world's foremost historians of modern China, and a senior professor at the University of Hong Kong, about his most recent book, China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower (2022).Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Consequential Natural Disasters (History's Top Three #12)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 27:59


    Our three faculty co-hosts discus the most consequential natural disasters in world history.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Navigating the Polar Seas (Blue & Gold)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 38:00


    Midshipman Alexander Turner interviews Dr. Lawson Brigham about the challenges of commanding Coast Guard vessels in polar waters, recent innovations in ice breaking technologies, and the commercial potentials of the Arctic Sea.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Wrage, Academic Freedom at Military Academies (Life at the Academy #7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 38:16


    Two midshipmen interview Dr. Stephen Wrage, of the Academy's Political Science Department, regarding his views on academic freedom, and the apolitical nature of the US military. In addition, Dr. Wrage shares some remarkable personal experiences gained while teaching in Annapolis, Singapore, and Greece.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    The American Quest for Empire (Tell Me Another #9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 32:48


     In the 1850s, the notorious filibuster William Walker recruited hundreds of followers and launched multiple campaigns to seize power in Nicaragua, Mexico, and Honduras. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Best Historical Television Series (History's Top Three #11)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 35:31


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss their favorite television adaptations of historical events.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    The Slave's Gamble and the War of 1812: Dr. Gene Smith (Scholars by the Sea #7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 42:17


    An interview of Dr. Gene Smith, of the Naval Academy's History Department, who discusses his book, The Slave's Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    LtGen John Wissler '78 (USMC, Ret.) (Life at the Academy #5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 50:35


    Two midshipmen interview Lieutenant General John Wissler, currently the Distinguished Chair of Leadership at the Naval Academy's Stockdale Center, regarding lessons in ethical leadership he learned both as a student at the Naval Academy in the 1970s, and in a long and distinguished career as a Marine Corps officer.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Assessing the Industrial Revolution (Blue & Gold)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 24:48


    Four midshipmen discuss the social and economic impact of the Industrial Revolution.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Influential Commodities (History's Top Three #10)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 55:56


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss and debate the most consequential commodities of world history.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    VADM Sean Buck '83 (USN), 63rd Superintendent of the Naval Academy (Life at the Academy #6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 43:46


    Three midshipmen interview Vice Admiral Sean Buck, Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, who reflects upon the lessons and experiences he acquired as a student in Annapolis, and during his long and distinguished service in the fleet. In addition, Superintendent Buck discusses the impact of the Covid pandemic upon the unique mission and culture of the Academy.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Dr. Sharika Crawford (Scholars by the Sea #5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 41:54


    An interview of Dr. Sharika Crawford, of the Naval Academy's History Department, who discusses her recent book, The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    World War I Technological Innovations (Class Projects #2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 32:07


    Four midshipmen discuss the remarkable innovations in Western military technology that took place during World War I.Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Best Film Treatments of Historical Events (HTT #9)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 57:12


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss and debate their favorite historical film treatments.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Secretary of the Navy, Carlos del Toro (LATA #4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 19:48


    Three midshipmen interview the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, about his memories of the Naval Academy, as well as lessons in leadership he has learned during his long and distinguished naval career.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    German Jihad (TMA #8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 37:00


    During World War I, Germany sends a covert expedition all the way to Afghanistan to convince the Muslim emir of that land to launch a jihad against British India.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    The Beginnings of Modern French Democracy (Class Projects #1)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 23:20


    Midshipmen Hassen, Henderson, Ostrowski, White, and Williams discuss French struggles for and against democracy, from the Revolution through the Second Empire of the 1870s.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Influential US Elections Before 1945 (HTT #8)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 51:51


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss and debate the most impactful US elections up until World War II.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Sharon and Tim Disher (LATA #3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 51:03


    An interview of Sharon and Tim Disher, who recall the struggles faced by some of the first female midshipmen attending the Naval Academy in the 1970s.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Ii Naosuke (TMA #7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 41:18


    Under the threat of war with the United States, nineteenth century Japanese officials must decide whether to end their nation's long isolation from the West.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Mike Tidwell (SBTS #4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 44:06


    An interview of Mike Tidwell, the author of The Ponds of Kalambayi: An African Sojourn, which is a moving and sympathetic account of the author's time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central Africa.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

    Most Influential 20th-Century American Women, part 2 (HTT #7)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 22:21


    Our three faculty co-hosts discuss and debate the most influential American women of the 20th century.Follow us Instagram and Twitter: @usnahistoryFor more information about NAHP and the Naval Academy's History Department, please visit https://usna.edu/History/NAHP/

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