Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider

School of War · Aug 1, 2025 · 56m

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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Times

• 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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