Ep 184: Alexander Burns on the Dawn of the Modern Battlefield

Alexander Burns, Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University and author of Infantry in Battle 1733-1783 (From Reason to Revolution), joins the show to talk about how combat evolved in the decades between Marlborough and Napoleon.

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Times 

    •     01:45 Introduction

    •     02:19 1733

    •     06:20 Infantry in battle

    •     10:54 Achieving results  

    •     14:19 Tactical effectivness    

    •     18:40 Prussia  

    •     24:17 More than fear  

    •     29:45 Early nationalism   

    •     33:12 American evolution 

    •     38:50 Drones and prestige

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