<p>Rob and Duncan turn their attention to the American Civil War, watching the 1989 true story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's first African American regiments. The film won Denzel Washington an Oscar, launched Andre Braugher, and caught Morgan Freeman just as his career was taking off. But it also captures much of the changing way war was fought in the Nineteenth Century, which gives Duncan a chance to plug his new book <em>Blood And Treasure: The Economics of Conflict from the Vikings to Ukraine</em>.</p><br><p>Next week: Mosquito Squadron</p><h3>See our prospective movie list! Buy merch! Visit our website: <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://warmovietheatre.com</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Help us out by doing our listener survey: <a href="http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/warmovietheatre-survey</a></h3><p><br></p><h3>Suggestions? Comments? Drop us a line at warmovietheatre@gmail.com.</h3><h3>Visit us at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/WarMovieTheatre</a> or on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/warmovietheatre.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://x.com/warmovietheatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://warmovietheatre.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">at our website</a>.</h3><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>