School of War
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John
Apr 26, 2025
Great podcast with a sober take on American defense challenges
Tom Thumb
Aug 29, 2024
if you see the world through MAGA tinted glasses, think Reagen is a god or get aroused by the thought of bombing another country than this podcast is for you
Description
This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There has been a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy.This podcast seeks to fill that gap through in-depth interviews on military and diplomatic history. Our guests have included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis, and former China Select Committee chairman Mike Gallagher. We discuss the battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have had to make wartime decisions in the ancient and modern eras. The subject of an episode may be an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international incident; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; or the legacy of an important military commander or political leader.
Aaron MacLean is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He has worked as a foreign policy advisor and legislative director to Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and spent seven years in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Ep 199: Jonathan Hackett on Our Failures in Iraq & Afghanistan
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May 23, 2025 |
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Ep 198: Robert D. Kaplan on Crisis
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May 20, 2025 |
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Ep 197: Mick Ryan on the Ukrainian Battlefield
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May 13, 2025 |
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Ep 196: Thomas Bruscino and Mitchell G. Klingenberg on Mapping Warfare
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May 09, 2025 |
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Ep 195: John Hillen on Strategic Thinking
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep 194: Mark Moyar on the Vietnam War
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May 02, 2025 |
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Ep 193: Douglas Murray on Israel’s War and its Global Consequences
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Ep 192: Raymond Jonas on Europe’s War on the Monroe Doctrine (~165 years ago)
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ep 191: Mark Dubowitz on Iran and the Trump Administration
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Ep 190: Michael Doran on “Restraint” and the Middle East
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Ep 189: Andrew Roberts on October 7th and Antisemitism
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Ep 188: Jonathan Horn on MacArthur and the Battle for the Philippines
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Ep 187: Richard Fontaine on the “Reverse Kissinger”
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Ep 186: Walter Russell Mead on Trump, Strategy, and Mercantilism
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ep 185: Lara Burns on the Hamas Threat in America
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Ep 184: Alexander Burns on the Dawn of the Modern Battlefield
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Ep 183: Tom Cotton on China
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Ep 182: Sean McMeekin on Communism
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Ep 181: Michael Cook on the Islamic Conquests
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Ep 180: Stephen Kotkin on Endgames in Ukraine
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Ep 179: Phillips O’Brien on Grand Strategy in WW2
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Ep 178: Mark Montgomery on Cyber War
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Ep 177: Christopher Kolakowski on Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Ep 176: David Betz on Modern Fortification
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ep 175: Mick Ryan on War & Fiction
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Ep 174: Hal Brands on the Long Struggle for Eurasia
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Ep 173: Tom Karako on America’s Iron Dome
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Ep 172: Eric Chewning and Tom Moore on the Warship Production Crisis
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Ep 171: I Am André: German Jew, French Resistance Fighter, British Spy
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Ep 170: Evan Mawdsley on WW2 in the Central Pacific
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Ep 169: Dmitry Filipoff on Naval Warfare in 2025
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Ep 168: Nadège Rolland on China’s Vision of Strategic Space
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Ep 167: Dan Blumenthal and Kyle Balzer on China’s Nuclear Buildup
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Ep 166: Rachel Kousser on Alexander the Great
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Ep 165: Shyam Sankar on a Defense Reformation
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Ep 164: Mark Dubowitz on Syria’s Collapse
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Ep 163: School of War Goes to Israel—Lessons from a Savage Year
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Ep 162: Michael Leggiere on Military History on Campus
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Ep 161: Mackenzie Eaglen on China’s Military Spending and Ours
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Ep 160: Thomas Barfield on Empire and Imperial Strategies Today
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep 159: Rebeccah Heinrichs on the Morality of Nuclear Weapons
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Ep 158: Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal on an Economic Strategy for China
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Ep 157: Frank Cohn—Veterans Day Special
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Ep 156: Nicholas Eberstadt on North Koreans in Russia
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Ep 155: Nick Lloyd on World War I’s Eastern Front
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Ep 154: Ben Noon on the U.S.-China Chip Wars
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Ep 153: Scott Hartwig on the Battle of Antietam
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Ep 152: Jacqueline Deal on China’s Strategy
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Ep 151: Nicholas Morton on the Crusades
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Ep 150: Katherine Kuzminski on the Draft
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Ep 149: Mark Dubowitz on the Iran-Israel War
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 148: Alex Miller on Battlefield Technology
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Ep 147: Frank Ledwidge on War in Space
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Ep 146: Eric Edelman and Thomas Mahnken on America’s Defense Strategy Crisis
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Ep 145: Christopher Lynch on Machiavelli at War
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ep 144: Mark Montgomery on Defending Taiwan (Boiling Moat #2)
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Ep 143: Sabin Howard on WWI, Art, and Honoring Veterans
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Ep 142: Andrew Roberts Debunks Darryl Cooper on Winston Churchill
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Ep 141: Matt Pottinger on the Defense of Taiwan (Boiling Moat #1)
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Ep 140: Roger Wicker on Defense Spending and Peace through Strength
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Ep 139: Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. on CENTCOM
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Ep 138: Joshua S. Treviño on the Southern Border Crisis
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Ep 137: Richard Frank on Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and World War II’s Endgame
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Ep 136: Ronald C. White on Joshua Chamberlain
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Ep 135: Rich Goldberg on Israel‘s Northern Crisis
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Ep 134: Michael Sobolik on China’s Geostrategy
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Ep 133: James Holland on World War II in Italy, 1943
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Ep 132: Michael Kofman on the Battlefield in Ukraine (War in Ukraine #4)
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Ep 131: Thomas Mahnken on Strategic Fallacies (War in Ukraine #3)
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Ep 130: John Spencer on Israel’s Unprecedented War (or, Urban Warfare 101)
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Ep 129: Frank Gavin on Nuclear Strategy and Ukraine (War in Ukraine #2)
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Ep 128: Stephen Kotkin on Russia and Ukraine (War in Ukraine #1)
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Ep 127: Robert Blackwill & Richard Fontaine on the Failed Pivot to Asia
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Ep 126: Michel Paradis on D-Day and Eisenhower
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Ep 125: Nick Bunker on America and the Early Cold War
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May 28, 2024 |
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Ep 124: Shane Brennan on Xenophon and Leadership
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May 21, 2024 |
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Ep 123: Sergey Radchenko on Soviet Motivations in the Cold War
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May 14, 2024 |
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Ep 122: Mike Gallagher and Matt Pottinger on a Victory Strategy for China
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May 07, 2024 |
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Ep 121: Andy Lowery on Drones and Directed Energy
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Ep 120: Iskander Rehman on the Emperor Tiberius and American Primacy
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ep 119: Yaroslav Trofimov on the War in Ukraine
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Ep 118: Michael Doran on Is Hamas Winning?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Ep 117: Shlomo Brody on the Ethics of War
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Ep 116: David Stahel on Guderian and Hitler’s Panzer Generals
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Ep 115: Stephen Robinson on the Case against John Boyd
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Ep 113: Rebeccah Heinrichs on Today’s Crisis of American Deterrence
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Ep 112: Paul Scharre on AI 101
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Ep 111: Prit Buttar on the Siege of Leningrad and War in the East
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep 110: Thomas Mahnken on Net Assessment
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Ep 109: John Noonan on Nuclear Weapons and Policy
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Ep 108: Donald L. Miller on Masters of the Air
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Ep 107: John Orloff on Masters of the Air
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Ep 106: John McManus on the U.S. Army’s Pacific War
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Ep 105: Dmitry Filipoff on Modern Naval Tactics
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Ep 104: Peter Feaver on “Wokeness,” Politics, and the Military
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Ep 103: Sean Mirski on American Hegemony
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Ep 102: Paul Edgar on the Warfare of the Ancient Near East
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Ep 101: Iskander Rehman on Wars of Protraction
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Ep 100: Alexander Mikaberidze on Ridley Scott’s Napoleon
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Ep 99: Nicholas Morton on the Mongol Invasions
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Ep 98: Matthew Waxman on the Israel, Hamas, and the Law of Armed Conflict
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Ep 97: Edward Luttwak on the IDF and the War in Israel
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Ep 96: Vincent O’Hara and Trent Hone on Naval Combat at Night
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Ep 95: Richard Goldberg on the War in Israel & American Strategy
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Ep 94: Jonathan Schanzer on the War in Israel & Hamas
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ep 93: Michael Doran on the War in Israel & Ghosts of 1973
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Ep 92: Cliff May on Defending Democracies
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Ep 91: Paul Rahe on Sparta’s Grand Strategy
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Ep 90: Andrew Krepinevich on Military Revolutions
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Ep 89: Mick Ryan on Ukraine, Taiwan, and Future War
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Ep 88: John H. Maurer on Alfred Thayer Mahan (New Makers of Modern Strategy #10)
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Ep 87: Wayne Lee on Native American Warfare
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Ep 86: David Betz on Ukraine’s Counteroffensive and Russia’s Defense
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Ep 85: Antulio J. Echevarria on Jomini (New Makers of Modern Strategy #9)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Ep 84: Mike Gallagher on the Korean War and Confronting China Today
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Ep 84: B. Rivera and M. McGrath on John Boyd
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Ep 83: Aaron O’Connell on 'Geopolitics 101'
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Ep 82: Charles Edel on John Quincy Adams (New Makers of Modern Strategy #8)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Ep 81: Max Hastings on the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Ep 80: Holger Afflerbach on How Germany Lost WWI
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Ep 79: Mark Galeotti on Russia’s Military
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Ep 78: Hew Strachan on Clausewitz (New Makers of Modern Strategy #7)
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Ep 77: Iskander Rehman on Sully, Richelieu, and Mazarin (New Makers of Modern Strategy #6)
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Ep 76: Levi Roach on the Normans
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ep 75: Toshi Yoshihara on Sun Tzu (New Makers of Modern Strategy #5)
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May 30, 2023 |
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Ep 74: Mark Moyar on Vietnam (New Makers of Modern Strategy #4)
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May 23, 2023 |
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Ep 73: Carter Malkasian on Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency (New Makers of Modern Strategy #3)
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May 16, 2023 |
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Ep 72: Matthew Kroenig on Machiavelli (New Makers of Modern Strategy #2)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Ep 71: John Gaddis on Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #1)
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May 02, 2023 |
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Ep 70: Will Scharf on China’s Fentanyl War on America
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Ep 69: John Lisle on the OSS and "Dirty Tricks"
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Ep 68: Peter H. Wilson on the Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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Ep 67: Stephen J. Hadley on George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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Ep 66: Michael E. O’Hanlon on Military History and Modern Strategy
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Ep 65: John Hosler on Jerusalem
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Ep 64: Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan on China’s Three Strategies for Taiwan
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Ep 63: Steve Kemper on Interwar Japan
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Ep 62: Mike Pompeo on American Foreign Policy
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Ep 61: Sonny Bunch on War Movies
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Ep 60: Marc Hyden on Gaius Marius
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Ep 59: James Lacey on Roman Strategy
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep 58: Philip Taubman on George Shultz
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Ep 57: Mike Gallagher on China and the U.S. Military
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Ep 55: Myke Cole and the Spartan Myth
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Ep 54: Jonathan Kirshner on Realism
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Ep 52: Dr. Michael Livingston on the battle of Crécy
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Ep 51: Alexander Mikaberidze on Kutuzov
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep 50: Lawrence Freedman on Command
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Ep 48: Ian Beckett on the Anglo-Zulu War
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Ep 47: Senator Tom Cotton on American Foreign Policy
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Ep 46: James M. Scott on Curtis LeMay in World War II
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Ep 45: Randall Schriver on China
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Grand Strategy
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Ep 37: Alexander Watson on WWI’s Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe’s Bloodlands
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on America
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Ep 35: Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor on the Battle of Midway
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Ep 34: Andrew Corbett on Britain’s Nukes
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Ep 32: Barry S. Strauss on Actium
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Ep 31: Rich Goldberg on Economic Sanctions and Financial Warfare
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May 31, 2022 |
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Ep 30: Guy MacLean Rogers on The Jewish Revolt
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May 24, 2022 |
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Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2
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May 17, 2022 |
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Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ep 27: Fred Kagan on Ukraine II
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May 03, 2022 |
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Ep 26: Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 25: Waller Newell on Putin and Tyranny
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 24: Richard Overy on World War II
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 23: James Holmes on Sea Power
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 22: Jeremy Black on Tank Warfare
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 21: Matthew Kroenig on Ukraine and Putin’s Nuclear Weapons
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 20: Bill Roggio on Ukraine
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 19: Fred Kagan on Ukraine
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 18: Bruce Jones on Seapower
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 16: Gerry Roncolato on the U.S. Navy
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 15: Andrew Lambert on Julian Corbett
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 13: Thomas Clavin on Joe Moser
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Ep. 12: Hal Brands on the Cold War
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 8: H.W. Brands on the Patriots and the Loyalists
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 6: Frank Ledwidge on Airpower
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 5: Wayne Hsieh on Robert E. Lee
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 4: Sean McMeekin on Stalin and World War II
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 3: Andrew Roberts on King George III
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 2: Daniel Bolger on Maurice Rose
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 1: H.R. McMaster on the Gulf War
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Oct 06, 2021 |