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Ep 006 "Frameworks and Strategic Deficit Disorder"
Season 1 Episode 6
I discuss the combat framework from the tactical to the operational to the strategic level and mission command for both regular and irregular warfare (IW). A deep knowledge of conventional warfare is…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Ep 005 "Peak Guerrilla: The Origins of Modern Irregular Warfare"
Season 1 Episode 5
In this episode, I sketch the lives and exploits of three guerrilla luminaries: TE Lawrence, GEN Paul Emil von Letter-Vorbeck and Michael Collins. I want to use them to illustrate what I consider the…
Published on 3 years ago
Ep 004 "The Impossibility of Successful Western Counterinsurgency"
Season 1 Episode 4
Despite trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of deaths, the West has nothing to show for the counterinsurgency campaigns it has waged. Despite the enormous industry and vast intellectual an…
Published on 3 years ago
Ep 003 "Michael Collins: The Empire Blinks"
Season 1 Episode 3
The Irish Rebellion in 1916-1922 is what I characterize as in the era of "Peak Guerrilla" in concert with the exploits of TE Lawrence and GEN Paul Emil von Letter-Vorbeck that set the stage for the m…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Ep 002 "Antifragility and Irregular Warfare"
Season 1 Episode 2
In this episode, I make the case that insurgencies are antifragile and that counterinsurgencies are fragile for the most part; we discuss the concepts, examine historical and contemporary examples an…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Ep 001 "Terms of Endearment"
Season 1 Episode 1
This charter episode will discuss the intent of the podcast and get started with the basics to create a framework of common understanding. This episode will discuss the National Defense Strategy, gen…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago