Ep 248: Marc Milner on the Allies During WWII

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Marc Milner, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick and author of ⁠Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign⁠, joins the show to discuss the turbulent passing of the torch of Western hegemony during WWII. 

Marc Milner, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick and author of <a href="https://a.co/d/dMoyDFl">Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story of the Normandy Campaign</a>, joins the show to discuss the turbulent passing of the torch of Western hegemony during WWII. 
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