Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Dictatorship

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  1. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    2:36:42Why abrupt decolonisation can produce a power vacuumQ&A
  2. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    2:40:42Economic diversification and concentrated political powerNotable Point
  3. Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments
    50:48Why authoritarian strength can be economically deceptiveNotable Point
  4. Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 5
    1:03:50Mussolini's power and open dissent in Fascist ItalyNotable Point
  5. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:19:17Why prisoner protections constrain escalationNotable Point
  6. HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response
    8:11Why even monarchs and dictators need political consentNotable Point
  7. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    57:44Authoritarian efficiency can be misleadingNotable Point
  8. When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion
    59:40A changing threat can reverse a sensible force-design choiceChapter
  9. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    36:45Why a recovered Soviet Union could still produce a Cold WarQ&A
  10. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs
    7:37Why institutions shape the technology a navy can useNotable Point
  11. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    6:40Political patronage distorts technical judgmentNotable Point
  12. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    8:14Prestige turns a practical design into escalationNotable Point
  13. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    41:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
  14. Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 3
    31:17The dictatorship information trap behind Project 23Notable Point
  15. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    2:36:07Why authoritarian government is not synonymous with dictatorshipNotable Point
  16. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    1:51:01How dictators consolidate power before open repressionNotable Point
  17. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    44:07Why long counterfactual chains become fragileQ&A