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10 Episodes 2013 - 2015
Episode 1
Mon, May 18, 2026
Jim Bresnahan leads a panel of historians in exploring an alternate history of World War II in this episode of Citizen Soldier. Panelists Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, and Jon Parshall discuss the "what if" questions surrounding the Battle of Midway.

Episode 2
Fri, Feb 1, 2013
Pritzker Military Museum and Library President and CEO Kenneth Clarke was joined by historian James McPherson and James Cornelius to discuss the military necessity and the act of justice that the Emancipation Proclamation introduced to a warring nation.
Episode 3
Mon, May 18, 2026
An exploration of the history and heritage of America's first black military aviators; with Tuskegee Airman and Chicago native O. Lawton Wilkerson, historian and Tuskegee expert Dr. Daniel Haulman, and Robert Jordan.
Episode 4
Mon, May 18, 2026
An insightful discussion by Vietnam veterans and award-winning fiction writers Tim O'Brien and Karl Marlantes on the subjects of literature, war, politics, and writing.
Episode 5
Sun, Nov 9, 2014
The U.S. Army's First Infantry Division lived up to its name on June 6, 1944 by being the first troops to land on the beaches of Normandy during the D-Day invasion.
Episode 6
Sun, Jan 25, 2015
Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward discusses the SEAL experience with documentary photographer Stephanie Freid-Perenchio and SEAL Mike Martin.
Episode 7
Sun, Nov 16, 2014
History often points to the June 1914 assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand as the event that started the Great War, but World War I was not started by any single event.
Episode 8
Sun, Feb 22, 2015
Michael Hayden, a former director of both the NSA and CIA, discusses with cyber security expert Jason Healey the rapidly evolving role played by technology in military, intelligence and counterintelligence operations.

Episode 9
Sun, Feb 8, 2015
Author and former Navy Lieutenant Edward R. Murphy Jr. shares his experiences as XO aboard USS Pueblo, the American spy ship famously captured and held by North Korea since 1968.

Episode 10
Sun, Feb 15, 2015
Scholars like Beevor and Atkinson have answered the highest calling of the military historian: to not only document and preserve our history, but to impart the profound perspective that the true lessons of the past lie in the evolution of human conflict. And while our heroes should be honored and their deeds never forgotten, the real challenge-for world leaders and the rest of us-is in learning to anticipate what might come next.