When Cities Become Battlefields

Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 12:10 p.m.

b"This episode features a conversation with MWI's chair of urban warfare studies, John Spencer. A leading expert on urban warfare and the coauthor of the book\\xa0Understanding Urban Warfare, his deep practical experience and scholarship on both historical and modern cases of urban warfare make him the ideal guest to address a range of important questions. Are cities uniquely challenging for military forces? Why? What steps can be taken to achieve a higher level of preparedness for those challenges? And is it possible to replicate cities\\u2019 complexity in a training environment? These are just a few of the topics he offers his keen insights on."