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Paul Edgar, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a scholar of ancient Near Eastern warfare, joins the show to talk about war and peace in the old days\u2014the very old days.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa002:58 Introduction\xa0\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa010:07 Olmsted\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa016:00 The Bronze Age\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa022:07 Verifying history\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa027:12 Idrimi\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa035:03 How did they fight?\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa039:46 Tactics of the time\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\u2022\xa0\xa0\xa042:34 Continuities in geopolitics\n\nHere is a link to the article discussed today\n\nFollow along\xa0 on Instagram\n\nFind a transcript of today\u2019s episode on our School of War Substack