170. The Secret History of the Civil War with Patrick K. O'Donnell

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This week, Justin welcomes back Patrick K. O'Donnell. Patrick is a combat historian who has covered the war in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, where he was armed and participated in the battle alongside the U.S. Marines. He's an expert on special operations units and irregular warfare. He's published 13 books so far on combat history, covering stories from the American Revolution, World War II, The Global War on Terror and more. He's also the author of The Brenner Assignment, which informed episode number 90 of the podcast with Jack Chappell, the son of OSS officer Howard Chappell, who was one of the primary subjects of Patrick's book.
You may remember Patrick from episode number 146 earlier this year. This is the first time an author has returned to the show to discuss the same book once again, and that's because The Unvanquished is so full of incredible stories that we barely scratched the surface the first time around.
Check out Patrick's first appearance on the podcast, Civil War Special Operations Units.
Connect with Patrick:
patrickkodonnell.com
Twitter/X: @combathistorian
The Unvanquished is available here.
https://www.amazon.com/Unvanquished-Lincolns-Special-Americas-Operations/dp/080216286X

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