Podcast Episodes

Ep 225: Geoff Ball on the Evacuation of Kabul

Major Geoff Ball, USMC, co-founder of the Connecting File, commanded Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines during the evacuation at Kabul International Airport in 2021, including the suicide bombing …

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 224: Barry Strauss on Ancient Rome’s Wars with Israel

Barry Strauss, Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire, joins the show to discuss the long, fra…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Ep 223: Mick Ryan on Ukraine Negotiations and Fighting

Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies the Lowy Institute and author of the Futura Doctrina Substack, joins the show to break down the latest on Ukrain…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 222: Peter Mansoor on MacArthur’s Return to the Philippines

Colonel Peter Mansoor, U.S. Army (retired), General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History at The Ohio State University and authors of Redemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippin…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep 221: Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders on China’s PLA

Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders, both of the  U.S. National Defense University and authors of China's Quest for Military Supremacy, join the show to discuss the origins, organization, and strategic…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality

Marc LiVecche, McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence and author of The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury, joins the show to discuss Just War Theory and wheth…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider

Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to di…

Published on 3 months ago

Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars

Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of ‘The Age of Forever Wars’  in Foreign Affairs Magazine, joins the show to discuss why protracted warfare s…

Published on 3 months ago

Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor

Steven Rabalais, litigator and author of General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor,  joins the show to discuss the extraordinary influence of now-forgotten General Fo…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America

Will Somerindyke, Chairman of Regulus Global and CEO of UNION, joins the show to discuss rebuilding the U.S. defense industrial base.

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Published on 3 months, 1 week ago