PLEASE NOTE: This episode, which includes correspondences by U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan, was recorded before Taliban forces seized Kabul on 8/16/2021.
This episode introduces the BEHIND THE LINES podcast and focuses on the historian Andrew Carroll’s overall mission to seek out and preserve America’s wars letters. This episode also covers a variety of themes and spotlights some of the best, never-before-published letters that Andrew has found, including one written (and read) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
This episode features letters written during and about the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 and 1919, especially as it affected World War I. (More American troops were killed in WWI by the disease than in combat.) The podcast ends with a powerful letter by a New York doctor from the current (2020) pandemic to show the parallels with the one that occurred a century ago.
This episode highlights the greatest love letters written in times of war, from impassioned expressions of affection to “Dear John” (and even “Dear June”) letters that troops receive—male and female—from a sweetheart, spouse, or fiancé(e), informing the recipient that the relationship is over. Most of the letters in this podcast are upbea
This episode highlights the greatest love letters written in times of war, from impassioned expressions of affection to “Dear John” (and even “Dear June”) letters that troops receive—male and female—from a sweetheart, spouse, or fiancé(e), informing the recipient that the relationship is over. Most of the letters in this podcast are upbeat, amusing, and detail incredible relationships that were formed entirely by mail.
Often overlooked in times of war are the loved ones of the troops who have been sent overseas. This episode features letters by these women and men on the home front (and now we’re seeing more husbands sending their wives off to serve, while the men are back in the States). It can be the loneliest and most stressful post in any war, as th
Often overlooked in times of war are the loved ones of the troops who have been sent overseas. This episode features letters by these women and men on the home front (and now we’re seeing more husbands sending their wives off to serve, while the men are back in the States). It can be the loneliest and most stressful post in any war, as those left behind, including children, often spend every minute worrying if their loved ones will return alive and uninjured.
From the American Revolution to present day women have fought for our democracy from the battlefields to the home front. Women in Service tells their story through letters voiced by actresses such as Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton and Joan Allen. Interviews with Sandy Mitten the "Granny Gunner" in the Gulf War and Major General Donna
From the American Revolution to present day women have fought for our democracy from the battlefields to the home front. Women in Service tells their story through letters voiced by actresses such as Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton and Joan Allen. Interviews with Sandy Mitten the "Granny Gunner" in the Gulf War and Major General Donna Barbisch, one of America's first female Major Generals add fascinating personal detail to this episode.
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, young American women and men enlisted in droves to serve their nation and fight terrorism at home and abroad. Even among those who might not have agreed with the wars they fought in, they demonstrated extraordinary courage, heroism, and resilience. In this episode, we hear the letters and emails th
After the attacks on September 11, 2001, young American women and men enlisted in droves to serve their nation and fight terrorism at home and abroad. Even among those who might not have agreed with the wars they fought in, they demonstrated extraordinary courage, heroism, and resilience. In this episode, we hear the letters and emails they wrote from Afghanistan and Iraq, correspondences that are as powerful, poignant, historic, and compelling as anything written during previous U.S. conflicts.
PLEASE NOTE: This episode, which includes correspondences by U.S. troops who served in Afghanistan, was recorded before Taliban forces seized Kabul on 8/16/2021.
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