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School of War

School of War

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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 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 the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 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. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram

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Ep 130: John Spencer on Israels Unprecedented War (or, Urban Warfare 101)

Published: July 2, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep 129: Frank Gavin on Nuclear Strategy and Ukraine (War in Ukraine #2)

Published: June 25, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep 128: Stephen Kotkin on Russia and Ukraine (War in Ukraine #1)

Published: June 18, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep 127: Robert Blackwill & Richard Fontaine on the Failed Pivot to Asia

Published: June 11, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep 126: Michel Paradis on D-Day and Eisenhower

Published: June 4, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep 125: Nick Bunker on America and the Early Cold War

Published: May 28, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep 124: Shane Brennan on Xenophon and Leadership

Published: May 21, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep 123: Sergey Radchenko on Soviet Motivations in the Cold War

Published: May 14, 2024, 10:10 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep 122: Mike Gallagher and Matt Pottinger on a Victory Strategy for China

Published: May 7, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep 121: Andy Lowery on Drones and Directed Energy

Published: April 30, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds

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Ep 120: Iskander Rehman on the Emperor Tiberius and American Primacy

Published: April 23, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep 119: Yaroslav Trofimov on the War in Ukraine

Published: April 16, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep 118: Michael Doran on Is Hamas Winning?

Published: April 9, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep 117: Shlomo Brody on the Ethics of War

Published: April 2, 2024, 10:23 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep 116: David Stahel on Guderian and Hitlers Panzer Generals

Published: March 26, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep 115: Stephen Robinson on the Case against John Boyd

Published: March 19, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)

Published: March 12, 2024, 10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep 113: Rebeccah Heinrichs on Todays Crisis of American Deterrence

Published: March 5, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep 112: Paul Scharre on AI 101

Published: Feb. 27, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 44 seconds

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Ep 111: Prit Buttar on the Siege of Leningrad and War in the East

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep 110: Thomas Mahnken on Net Assessment

Published: Feb. 13, 2024, 11:20 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep 109: John Noonan on Nuclear Weapons and Policy

Published: Feb. 6, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 23 seconds

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Ep 108: Donald L. Miller on Masters of the Air

Published: Jan. 30, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep 107: John Orloff on Masters of the Air

Published: Jan. 23, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep 106: John McManus on the U.S. Armys Pacific War

Published: Jan. 16, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 59 seconds

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Ep 105: Dmitry Filipoff on Modern Naval Tactics

Published: Jan. 9, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep 104: Peter Feaver on Wokeness, Politics, and the Military

Published: Jan. 2, 2024, 11 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep 103: Sean Mirski on American Hegemony

Published: Dec. 19, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 4 seconds

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Ep 102: Paul Edgar on the Warfare of the Ancient Near East

Published: Dec. 12, 2023, 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds

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Ep 101: Iskander Rehman on Wars of Protraction

Published: Dec. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep 100: Alexander Mikaberidze on Ridley Scotts Napoleon

Published: Nov. 28, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep 99: Nicholas Morton on the Mongol Invasions

Published: Nov. 21, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 98: Matthew Waxman on the Israel, Hamas, and the Law of Armed Conflict

Published: Nov. 14, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 40 seconds

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Ep 97: Edward Luttwak on the IDF and the War in Israel

Published: Nov. 7, 2023, 11 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep 96: Vincent OHara and Trent Hone on Naval Combat at Night

Published: Oct. 31, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep 95: Richard Goldberg on the War in Israel & American Strategy

Published: Oct. 24, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep 94: Jonathan Schanzer on the War in Israel & Hamas

Published: Oct. 17, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 93: Michael Doran on the War in Israel & Ghosts of 1973

Published: Oct. 10, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep 92: Cliff May on Defending Democracies

Published: Oct. 3, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 91: Paul Rahe on Spartas Grand Strategy

Published: Sept. 26, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep 90: Andrew Krepinevich on Military Revolutions

Published: Sept. 19, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 19 seconds

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Ep 89: Mick Ryan on Ukraine, Taiwan, and Future War

Published: Sept. 12, 2023, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep 88: John H. Maurer on Alfred Thayer Mahan (New Makers of Modern Strategy #10)

Published: Sept. 5, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep 87: Wayne Lee on Native American Warfare

Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep 86: David Betz on Ukraines Counteroffensive and Russias Defense

Published: Aug. 22, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep 85: Antulio J. Echevarria on Jomini (New Makers of Modern Strategy #9)

Published: Aug. 15, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 84: Mike Gallagher on the Korean War and Confronting China Today

Published: Aug. 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep 84: B. Rivera and M. McGrath on John Boyd

Published: Aug. 1, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep 83: Aaron OConnell on 'Geopolitics 101'

Published: July 25, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep 82: Charles Edel on John Quincy Adams (New Makers of Modern Strategy #8)

Published: July 18, 2023, 10:41 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep 81: Max Hastings on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Published: July 11, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep 80: Holger Afflerbach on How Germany Lost WWI

Published: July 4, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep 79: Mark Galeotti on Russias Military

Published: June 27, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep 78: Hew Strachan on Clausewitz (New Makers of Modern Strategy #7)

Published: June 20, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep 77: Iskander Rehman on Sully, Richelieu, and Mazarin (New Makers of Modern Strategy #6)

Published: June 13, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep 76: Levi Roach on the Normans

Published: June 6, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds

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Ep 75: Toshi Yoshihara on Sun Tzu (New Makers of Modern Strategy #5)

Published: May 30, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 30 seconds

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Ep 74: Mark Moyar on Vietnam (New Makers of Modern Strategy #4)

Published: May 23, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 57 seconds

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Ep 73: Carter Malkasian on Counterterrorism and Counterinsurgency (New Makers of Modern Strategy #3)

Published: May 16, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep 72: Matthew Kroenig on Machiavelli (New Makers of Modern Strategy #2)

Published: May 9, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep 71: John Gaddis on Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #1)

Published: May 2, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep 70: Will Scharf on Chinas Fentanyl War on America

Published: April 25, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 56 seconds

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Ep 69: John Lisle on the OSS and "Dirty Tricks"

Published: April 18, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep 68: Peter H. Wilson on the Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples

Published: April 11, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 67: Stephen J. Hadley on George W. Bushs Foreign Policy

Published: April 4, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep 66: Michael E. OHanlon on Military History and Modern Strategy

Published: March 28, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 2 seconds

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Ep 65: John Hosler on Jerusalem

Published: March 21, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep 64: Dan Blumenthal and Fred Kagan on Chinas Three Strategies for Taiwan

Published: March 14, 2023, 9 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 63: Steve Kemper on Interwar Japan

Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep 62: Mike Pompeo on American Foreign Policy

Published: Feb. 21, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 6 seconds

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Ep 61: Sonny Bunch on War Movies

Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 60: Marc Hyden on Gaius Marius

Published: Feb. 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep 59: James Lacey on Roman Strategy

Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep 58: Philip Taubman on George Shultz

Published: Jan. 24, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep 57: Mike Gallagher on China and the U.S. Military

Published: Jan. 17, 2023, 10:27 a.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 32 seconds

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Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia

Published: Jan. 10, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 10 seconds

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Ep 55: Myke Cole and the Spartan Myth

Published: Jan. 3, 2023, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 47 seconds

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Ep 54: Jonathan Kirshner on Realism

Published: Dec. 20, 2022, 9:35 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War

Published: Dec. 13, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep 52: Dr. Michael Livingston on the battle of Crecy

Published: Dec. 6, 2022, 12:04 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 51: Alexander Mikaberidze on Kutuzov

Published: Nov. 29, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep 50: Lawrence Freedman on Command

Published: Nov. 22, 2022, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan

Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 9:30 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 37 seconds

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Ep 48: Ian Beckett on the Anglo-Zulu War

Published: Nov. 8, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 16 seconds

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Ep 47: Senator Tom Cotton on American Foreign Policy

Published: Nov. 1, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 46: James M. Scott on Curtis LeMay in World War II

Published: Oct. 25, 2022, 4 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 52 seconds

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Ep 45: Randall Schriver on China

Published: Oct. 18, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff

Published: Oct. 11, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East

Published: Sept. 13, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 36 seconds

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Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCPs Grand Strategy

Published: Sept. 6, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China

Published: Aug. 30, 2022, 8:26 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 55 seconds

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Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France

Published: Aug. 9, 2022, 8:36 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

Published: Aug. 2, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 50 seconds

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Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2

Published: July 26, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 9 seconds

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Ep 37: Alexander Watson on WWIs Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europes Bloodlands

Published: July 19, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 seconds

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Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitlers Decision to Declare War on America

Published: July 12, 2022, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep 35: Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor on the Battle of Midway

Published: June 28, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep 34: Andrew Corbett on Britains Nukes

Published: June 21, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War

Published: June 14, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 41 seconds

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Ep 32: Barry S. Strauss on Actium

Published: June 7, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep 31: Rich Goldberg on Economic Sanctions and Financial Warfare

Published: May 31, 2022, 8:20 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 20 seconds

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Ep 30: Guy MacLean Rogers on The Jewish Revolt

Published: May 24, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

Published: May 17, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds

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Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2

Published: May 10, 2022, 11:14 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep 27: Fred Kagan on Ukraine II

Published: May 3, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep 26: Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War

Published: April 26, 2022, 8 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 18 seconds

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Ep. 25: Waller Newell on Putin and Tyranny

Published: April 12, 2022, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 54 seconds

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Ep. 24: Richard Overy on World War II

Published: April 5, 2022, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 57 seconds

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Ep. 23: James Holmes on Sea Power

Published: March 29, 2022, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 49 seconds

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Ep. 22: Jeremy Black on Tank Warfare

Published: March 23, 2022, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 57 seconds

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Ep. 21: Matthew Kroenig on Ukraine and Putins Nuclear Weapons

Published: March 16, 2022, 5:50 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Ep. 20: Bill Roggio on Ukraine

Published: March 9, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 42 seconds

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Ep. 19: Fred Kagan on Ukraine

Published: March 3, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep. 18: Bruce Jones on Seapower

Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 8 seconds

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Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 19 seconds

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Ep. 16: Gerry Roncolato on the U.S. Navy

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 1 second

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Ep. 15: Andrew Lambert on Julian Corbett

Published: Feb. 1, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 28 seconds

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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton

Published: Jan. 25, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 26 seconds

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Ep. 13: Thomas Clavin on Joe Moser

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 7:23 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 58 seconds

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Ep. 12: Hal Brands on the Cold War

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 24 seconds

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Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact

Published: Jan. 4, 2022, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 2 seconds

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Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon

Published: Dec. 21, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII

Published: Dec. 14, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 24 seconds

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Ep. 8: H.W. Brands on the Patriots and the Loyalists

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II

Published: Nov. 30, 2021, 2:06 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep. 6: Frank Ledwidge on Airpower

Published: Nov. 23, 2021, 2:25 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 21 seconds

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Ep. 5: Wayne Hsieh on Robert E. Lee

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 27 seconds

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Ep. 4: Sean McMeekin on Stalin and World War II

Published: Nov. 9, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 1 second

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Ep. 3: Andrew Roberts on King George III

Published: Nov. 2, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 45 seconds

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Ep. 2: Daniel Bolger on Maurice Rose

Published: Oct. 26, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 14 seconds

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Ep. 1: H.R. McMaster on the Gulf War

Published: Oct. 19, 2021, 8:45 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 17 seconds

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Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 8:48 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds

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