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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Show Notes
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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