Changing Hearts & Minds Jeffrey Adamec

CHM029- First Platoon (Interview with Author Annie Jacobsen)
 
 
Summary:
Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen’s new investigative work has profound implications for democracy. First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance (Dutton, 2021) reveals the full account of the platoon of young soldiers sent to Afghanistan whose experience ended abruptly in tragedy under 1st LT Clint Lorance. The larger part of the story, one never comprehensively reported before, is how the platoon was unwittingly involved in a shadowy Defense Department program to capture biometrics. Jacobesn also reveals details on how flawed data was used to make a case for Clint Lorance’s Pardon. Author Annie Jacobsen joins Jeff for an in depth interview on the events and untold details of how this was much more than just a war crime. 
 
Links:
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/14/956705029/first-platoon-examines-how-war-on-terror-birthed-pentagons-biometrics-id-system
 
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/624446/first-platoon-by-annie-jacobsen/9781524746667
 
Books:
First Platoon: A Story of Modern War in the Age of Identity Dominance
By Annie Jacobsen
https://www.amazon.com/First-Platoon-Modern-Identity-Dominance/dp/1524746665
 
 
Other Works By Annie Jacobsen:
 
Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H28Z9LL/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
 
Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HZFB2T0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5
 
The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RTY0GEA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3
 
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BAXFBI2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
 
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004THU68Q/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i4
 
 
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CHM028- Battle of The Crater
 
Summary:
One of the most film ready stories of the Civil War. When a stand-off occurs at the Siege of Petersburg looks to be taking a long time towards the end of the war, a seemingly insane plan to break the defenses of the Confederates is born. When failed leadership and planning ends up with the battle being one of the most disastrous events for the Union Army during the last years of the war. 
 
Links:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater
 
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/crater
 
 
Books:
 
Cold Harbor to the Crater: The End of the Overland Campaign
By: Gary W. Gallagher, ‎Caroline E. Janney 
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cold_Harbor_to_the_Crater/lWK0CAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Battle+of+the+crater+Civil+War&printsec=frontcover
 
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             CHM027- Cold Harbor
 
Summary:
Towards the end of the Civil War and the Overland Campaign newly promoted Lt General U.S. Grant faces down General Robert E. Lee. He learns a hard lesson about frontal assaults on reinforced positions.
Jeff & Andrew also speak about the events in D.C. a few weeks ago.
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
 
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battles-of-cold-harbor
 
Books:
Cold Harbor: Grant and Lee, May 26–June 3, 1864 By Gordon C. Rhea
https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Harbor-Grant-26-June-1864/dp/0807132446
 
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CHM026- Battle of The Aleutian Islands
 
Summary:
Empire of Japan after bombing Pearl Harbor invaded United States soil. The battlefields of World War II make their way onto U.S. land.
 
Links:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-aleutian-islands
https://www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/photosmultimedia/upload/McGinnis-Battle-of-the-Aleutians-508.pdf
 
Books:
Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians By Brian Garfield
https://www.amazon.com/Thousand-Mile-War-Aleutians-Classic-Reprint/dp/0912006838
 
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CHM025- 1914 Christmas Truce
 
Summary:
Christmas Eve 1914, Europe is in the first Winter of The Great War. In the hundreds of miles of trenches the German and British Armies do something that has become legend since. They laid down their arms and celebrated Christmas with each other.
 
Links:
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/christmas-truce-of-1914
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce
 
Books:
The Christmas Truce of 1914: The History of the Holiday Ceasefire During World War I  By Charles Rivers Editors
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-christmas-truce-of-1914-charles-river-editors/1123541827?ean=9781542351522
 
 
Audio In Episode:
“Silent Night” Piano Solo Instrumental (HD) Manuel Espinoza
 
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Retire Marine Officer and Hollywood Legend Dale Dye joins CHM Podcast to talk about his career and projects.