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Special guest Amy Shafer joins us for the full show and highlights her fabulous research on the civil-military divide in America (and dishes on the Air Force Tops in Blue). Then we celebrate the liberation of Mosul, walk through the North Korean missile test, and wonder what exactly happened at the G20 meetings. Also on the table: Whither our Afghan strategy? And Erin gets giddy over space marines. Stick around for our \\u201cGame of Thrones\\u201d preview!*

*By which we mean fan-girl shouts of joy and anticipation.

Reading:

• Generations of War, Amy Shafer, CNAS
• \\u201cThe ISIS Killers,\\u201d Mike Giglio,\\xa0Buzzfeed\\xa0
• \\u201cMosul: What the Decade\'s Largest Battle Says About the Future of War,\\u201d Defense One Staff,\\xa0Defense One\\xa0
• \\u201cThese Mindblowing Photos Reveal the Horror of the Islamic State War,\\u201d Liz Sly,\\xa0The Washington Post\\xa0
• \\u201cISIS: A catastrophe for Sunnis,\\u201d Liz Sly,\\xa0The Washington Post
• \\u201cInside the Collapse of the Iraqi Army\\u2019s 2nd Division,\\u201d Yasir Abbas and Dan Trombly,\\xa0War on the Rocks
• \\u201cScared About North Korea? You Aren\'t Scared Enough,\\u201d Toby Harshaw,\\xa0Bloomberg
• \\xa0\\u201cNorth Korea\\u2019s ICBM: A New Missile and a New Era,\\u201d Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang,\\xa0War on the Rocks
• \\u201cLooking For Details On Syria Ceasefire? Don\\u2019t Ask US Military,\\u201d Nancy Youssef,\\xa0Buzzfeed\\xa0
• \\u201cA proposed new military branch would send US troops to guard the galaxy,\\u201d\\xa0CNN
• \\u201cMy Top Ten Favorite Space Marines,\\u201d\\xa0A Space Blog Odyssey