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Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff ▪️ Jay Lockenour, associate professor of history at Temple University and author of Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reic h, joins the show to talk about the life of the infamous German general and politician. ▪️ Times • 01:30 Introduction • 02:00 Ludendorff’s Significance • 03:08 Ludendorff’s Early Life • 05:02 Not Quite A Matinee Idol • 07:13 The German General Staff • 11:43 A General Without Portfolio • 17:50 The War And The Myth • 22:23 For The Record - The German Military Lost • 26:12 The Early 1920’s • 29:49 Erich And Adolf • 34:10 Ludendorff And The Right • 37:00 The Holocaust And Ludendorff