Rob Williams: Army Airborne Divisions and the Cold War

Rob Williams: Army Airborne Divisions and the Cold War

Robert F. Williams is a historian with the Army University Press and Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A former airborne infantry non-commissioned officer, he has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the author of the newly released "The Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America's Cold War Army."Get a copy of the book: https://a.co/d/al3lTXARob's website: https://www.rfmwilliams.com/the-airborne-mafia-organizational-culture-and-institutional-change-in-the-u-s-army-1940-65/Subscribe, like, and hit the bell for more American history!Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/AmericanHistoryGazette?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLinkOur website: https://www.americanhistorygazette.com/Email us for inquires: americanhistorygazette@gmail.com0:00 Intro

0:24 Importance of history

9:47 Why write the book

14:41 Rob's experience in the airborne divisions

20:22 What do airborne divisions do?

23:47 Origins of the airborne divisions

35:05 Soldiers become celebrities

44:20 How airborne divisions changed the army

49:07 Civil-military relations

55:41 The culture of airborne divisions

1:06:54 Vietnam War

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