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Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor


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Steven Rabalais, litigator and author of General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor,  joins the show to discuss the extraordinary influence of now-forgotten General Fox Connor on the outcome of WWI and Eisenhower’s career.  

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    •      01:51 Introduction

    •      03:10 Growing up with history 

    •      05:47 A southern story 

    •      07:44 West Point struggles 

    •      12:07 A reader       

    •      14:50 Coastal artillery     

    •      20:46 Rocks and airplanes

    •      23:51 Mechanism of victory

    •      27:54 WWI logistics   

    •      32:47 Summer 1918

    •      46:03 Eisenhower

    •      51:24 Panama   

    •      01:01:58 Foreshadowing


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