
Preble Hall
A naval history podcast from Preble Hall - the United States Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Preble Hall will interview historians, practitioners, military personnel, and other experts on a variety of naval history topics from ancient history to recent history.
Latest episodes

Oct 8, 2023 • 1h 39min
James Smith: Deconstructing the Seapower State
Dr. Stephen Phillips interviews Dr. James Smith to discuss his dissertation, "Deconstructing the Seapower State: Britain, America, and Defense Unification." Notes: James W.E. Smith - King's College London (kcl.ac.uk)(2) U.S. Defense Unification and the U.S. Navy 1945– (substack.com)Seapower States by Prof Andrew Lambert, FKC.Dr. James Smith on Social Media:https://www.twitter.com/James_we_smithhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/james-we-smith/

Oct 1, 2023 • 46min
German Navy Wargaming in the 19th Century
Dr. Marcus Jones of the US Naval Academy's History Department interviews Dr. Jorit Wintjes of the University of Wurzburg on naval wargaming in late 19th century Prussia and Germany.

Sep 24, 2023 • 8min
Live from McMullen
The McMullen Naval History Symposium, the largest naval conference in the world, is held biennially and organized by the US Naval Academy History Department. The US Naval Academy Museum (Preble Hall) is the site for the reception held on the first day of the symposium. For this episode, several attendees joined us to tell us about their research.
For the next few months, listeners will have the opportunity to listen to many McMullen presenters from around the country and the world who joined us for individual interviews for the podcast.

Sep 21, 2023 • 42min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part 14 (Finale)
This is the concluding episode of the series with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, USNA Class of 1968.

Sep 20, 2023 • 32min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part 13
This is episode 13 of 14 episodes on the career of former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen

Sep 10, 2023 • 1h 2min
Captain Benjamin Armstrong: Naval Presence and the Interwar U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
Dr. Stephen Phillips interviews Captain Benjamin "BJ" Armstrong, discussing his latest book, Naval Presence and the Interwar U.S. Navy and Marine Corps: Forward Deployment, Crisis Response, and the Tyranny of History. Naval Presence and the Interwar U.S. Navy and Marine Corps on Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Interwar-Corbett-Maritime-Studies/dp/1032530049/USS Panay incident at NHHC: https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1941/prelude/panay-incident.html

Jun 18, 2023 • 55min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part 12: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jun 11, 2023 • 43min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part 11: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (Cont)
Dr. John Sherwood of the Naval History & Heritage Command continues his series with Admiral Mike Mullen, USNA Class of 1968. This is the second installment of Admiral Mullen's tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jun 5, 2023 • 56min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part 10: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
ADM Mike Mullen, USNA Class of 1968, begins his discussion of his tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with Dr. John Sherwood and Dr. Tyler Pitrof of the Naval History and Heritage Command

May 21, 2023 • 45min
Craig Symonds: Nimitz at War
Stephen Phillips interviews Craig Symonds, discussing his book Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay.