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My Favorite Smithsonian Artifacts
I was so happy to be interviewed for this new article from Flying Magazine. Several curators from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, including myself, talk about our favorite artifacts and visitor experiences. Check it out here: Museum Spotlight: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.
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Interview on the Modern Scholar Podcast
I’m really happy to say that I was featured as a guest on the latest episode of the Modern Scholar Podcast! Host Philip Shackelford and I have a great conversation about my career and how I got here, and an in-depth discussion of my book, Flying Camelot: the F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of…
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New Podcast: The Origins of Air Power with Larry Burke
The newest episode of the “From Balloons to Drones” podcast is out! You can check it out on Spotify, or on Soundcloud, or wherever you get your podcasts. How did the U.S. get from the first flight of an airplane in 1903, to full-fledged military-capable airplanes in only short few years? Dr. Larry Burke, the…
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Book Review: Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb by James Scott
Over on From Balloons to Drones, Brian Laslie has just posted his review of the new book, Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb by James Scott. Sounds pretty interesting, I’ll have to add it to my to-read books list!
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New Podcast
The new episode of the From Balloons to Drones podcast is up! We’re joined by Sean Maloney, professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada, author of Emergency War Plan: The American Doomsday Machine, 1945–1960, from Potomac Press. As the spectre of potential nuclear war is rising again, we take a look at…