Taylor and Shawn are joined by author Carolus Löfroos, and Antelope Hill’s editor-in-chief Sebastian Durant, to discuss Carolus’ memoir of his time fighting in Ukraine as part of the infamous Azov battalion in 2014-2015, as well as his motivations, writing process, regional history, and the conflict generally.0:00 - Introduction and Carolus’ process of writing the book7:42 - Some of the characters Carolus met12:06 - War tourism in Ukraine17:43 - Writing and trying to publish the book23:32 - Why Carolus went to fight29:22 - Development of Azov, and why Carolus chose to join them36:31 - Reception of foreign volunteers42:10 - History of the Finland Swedes, and Finnish nationalism55:05 - Carolus’ thoughts on future Russian expansionism58:24 - Carolus’ theory of Russian national character1:08:32 - The soldier’s experience of war1:10:32 - Thoughts on drone warfare1:20:27 - Final thoughts and outroGet Carolus’ book here!Find Carolus on Twitter/XHelpful demographic information from Carolus on the races of Sweden and Finland:If you would like to help support us, please consider our paid subscription options, which come with an additional episode of this podcast each month.Stayed tuned for the announcement of the subject of the next episode, and subscribe to make sure you don’t miss it!Thanks for reading Antelope Hill Publishing! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Paid subscribers have access to an additional podcast episode each month.
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