Ep 205: Mark Dubowitz on Israel’s Unfolding Campaign in Iran
Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to breakdown last night’s spectacular Israeli strikes against the Iranian Regime and its nuclear program, and what comes next.
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• 02:00 Deception
• 06:00 Targets
• 09:00 The Scientists
• 11:00 Complacency
• 14:00 Israeli goals
• 19:00 Regime change
• 23:00 Strikes and talks
• 29:00 Drones
• 31:00 Counterpunch?
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Ep 204: Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen, journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, joins the show to discuss nuclear weapons and their use.
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• 01:20 Introduction
• 02:50 Finding the music
• 07:02 Reporting
• 09:15 Hidden information
• 11:22 The scenario
• 13:50 Launch on warning
• 17:30 Villians
• 20:45 Annihilation
• 26:25 The Black Book
• 30:40 North Korea
• 34:03 Interception
• 37:42 ICBMs
• 43:39 Deterrence
• 49:29 Obama
• 52:50 Right to know
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Ep 203: Stephen Rabe on the Invasion of Normandy
Stephen Rabe, historian and author of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village, joins the show to discuss one of the countless, incredible stories from D-Day.
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• 01:18 Introduction
• 01:25 Marine
• 02:50 Origins
• 06:48 Normandy
• 09:29 507th
• 15:20 Training
• 18:23 Overlord
• 21:21 The Villagers
• 25:20 A change in plans
• 30:07 HQ Battalion
• 36:17 Armageddon
• 39:00 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division
• 44:01 Staying behind
• 46:37 Return
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Ep 202: Fred Kagan on Ukraine’s Attack and the Future of War
Fred Kagan, senior fellow and the director of the Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss Ukraine’s drone operation targeting Russia’s strategic air assets.
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• 01:46 Introduction
• 02:25 What just happened?
• 07:48 Escalation risk
• 10:20 Control
• 12:39 Implications
• 21:10 Stratagems
• 24:04 Effects
• 30:40 Economic pressure
• 37:20 Continuing operations
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Ep 201: Zachary Griffiths & McKinsey Harb on the U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Zachary Griffiths & Maj. McKinsey Harb joined the show to discuss the U.S. Army’s new Field Manual 1, FM 1 -THE ARMY: A PRIMER TO OUR PROFESSION OF ARMS.
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• 01:22 Introduction
• 01:51 West Point
• 05:43 Culture shift
• 08:50 FM 1
• 12:00 Ben Salomon
• 18:06 Warrior
• 24:04 Tensions
• 31:05 Recruiting
• 35:18 Leader/follower
• 42:19 Mission command
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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