Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider
Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to discuss the incredible life of Evans Carlson.
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Show Notes
Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to discuss the incredible life of Evans Carlson.
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• 01:48 Introduction
• 02:50 American quirk
• 08:14 China
• 10:18 Soviet policy
• 14:01 Nicaragua
• 16:29 Edgar Snow
• 21:11 FDR
• 24:42 8th Route Army
• 31:52 Embargo
• 38:30 Raiders
• 42:40 Makin Island
• 46:30 Force multiplier
• 52:44 1946
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