School of War

The Future of Warfighting Technology Is Now with Aviv Shapira

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Aviv Shapira, the co-founder and CEO of XTEND, joins the show to discuss his journey from competitive drone racing to building groundbreaking defense ...

How Trump’s Blockade of Iran Actually Works with Sal Mercogliano

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sal Mercogliano, professor of history at Campbell University and host of the What’s Going on with Shipping YouTube channel, joins the show once agai...

The Strategic View From the Baltic Sea with General Michael Claesson

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

General Michael Claesson is Sweden’s Chief of Defence Staff and Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. How did Russia’s annexation of Crim...

Danger Lurks In J.D. Vance’s Negotiations with Iran

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of FDD, joins Aaron to discuss the ceasefire negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. What are the fears surrounding the...

Is the Strait of Hormuz Closed Forever? with Sal Mercogliano

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sal Mercogliano, associate professor of history at Campbell University and host of the  What’s Going on with Shipping YouTube channel, to discuss t...

America’s Incredible Rescue of its Downed Airmen in Iran and Trump’s Strategic Options Ahead with Rich Goldberg & Garrett Exner

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Goldberg, senior advisor at FDD, and Garrett Exner, adjunct fellow at Hudson Institute, join the show to breakdown the dramatic events of the wee...

Trump Says We’re ‘Winning’ in Iran. It’s More Complicated.

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Iran’s nuclear program survives. And while the regime has been weakened, it remains intact. So what has President Tr...

Even as America Fights Iran, It’s Not Ready for China—with Eyck Freymann

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Eyck Freymann, Hoover Fellow at Stanford University and author of Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China, joins the show to explain t...

How Can America Defeat Iran? With John Spencer

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast, joins the show t...

Are We About to Send the Marines Into Iran? With Rich Goldberg and Garrett Exner

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rich Goldberg, senior advisor at FDD, and Garrett Exner, Executive Director of the Public Interest Fellowship, break down what’s really happening be...

Did Trump Miscalculate on Iran? with Niall Ferguson

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sir Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and columnist at The Free Press, reveals how geography and choke points hav...

Can Trump Beat China by Winning In Iran? with Zineb Riboua

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Zineb Riboua, research fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace andSecurity in the Middle East, joins the show to talk about the ongoing U.S....

Did the Iranian Revolution Succeed? And Can It Survive? with Ray Takeyh

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Takeyh, senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Last Shah: America, Iran, and the Fall of t...

Mark Montgomery on How the War in Iran Actually Works

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at FDD and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, joins the show to provide...

General Frank McKenzie on the War in Iran

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

General Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie Jr,  USMC (ret.), commanded US Central Command from 2019-2022. Gen. McKenzie led a distinguished 42 year career ...

Ep 282: Fred Kagan on the Iran War, Drone Defense, and the Future of the Middle East

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Kagan, senior fellow and director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss the war, what U...

Ep 280: Mike Doran on the Iran War

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to bring us the...

Ep 279: Mark Dubowitz on U.S.-Israel War with Iran

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on the rapidly developing full-scale conflict between the United States-Israel and I...

Ep 278: Yossi Cohen on The Mossad

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Yossi Cohen, served as the director of the Mossad from 2016 until 2021 and is the author of The Sword of Freedom: Israel, Mossad, and the Secret War. ...

Ep 277: Behnam Ben Taleblu—Will There Be a War with Iran?

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director (Iran Program) and Senior Fellow at FDD, joins the show to talk about the build-up of American military power in t...

Ep 276: Charlie Laderman on Regime Change in Iran

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Laderman, associate professor at the University of Florida’s Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, joins the show to discuss pa...

Ep 275: Michael Baumgartner on Marco Rubio’s Speech and the Future of Europe

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Rep. Michael Baumgartner of Washington State’s 5th Congressional District joins the show to give his key takeaways from the Munich Security Conferen...

Ep 274: Lawerence Freedman on Strategists and Ukraine

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of On Strategists and Strategy: Collected Essays, 2014-202...

Ep 273: Matthew Kroenig on China’s Nuclear Test

09 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Kroenig, Professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, joins the show...

Ep 272: Beatrice Heuser on Why Leaders Make Bad Decisions

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Beatrice Heuser, Distinguished Professor at the Brussels School of Governance in the Free University of Brussels and author of Flawed Strategy: Why Sm...

Ep 271: Geoff Ball on the Future of America’s Infantry

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geoff Ball, U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer, staff director for the Naval Academy’s Leadership Education and Development Division and Executive E...

Ep 270: David Shedd on China’s Spies

30 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

David Shedd, former Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and author of The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Sec...

Ep 269: Walter Russell Mead on Donald and Davos and Greenland, Oh My!

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Walter Russell Mead, Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft at the University of Florida's Hamilton Center and columnist for The Wal...

Ep 268: Seth Jones on America’s Defense Industrial Crisis

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Seth Jones, president of the Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair at CSIS, joins the show to talk about how America has resurrected ...

Ep 267: Michael Lurie on Israel’s New Laser Weapon

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Lurie, CEO and President of Rafael USA, joins the show to explain how High Energy Lasers and Iron Beam will change missile & air defense, not ...

Ep 266: Blake Seitz & Mike Watson—Were the Founders Isolationists?

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Blake Seitz, Content Strategist at Palantir Technologies, and Mike Watson, Executive Director at The Alexander Hamilton Society, join the show to disc...

Ep 265: Mark Dubowitz on Is Iran Next?

12 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on widespread Iranian protests, the chances of American or Israeli intervention, and...

Ep 264: Mark Montgomery on Seizing Venezuela’s Shadow Fleet

08 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at FDD and retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, joins the show to discuss...

Ep 263: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Raid and Risks Ahead

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran f...

Ep 262: Mark Jones Jr. on Special Air Operations and American Military Dominance

02 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Jones Jr., chief pilot of experimental flight test with the Honda Aircraft Company and recently retired U.S. Air Force test pilot and special ope...

Ep 261: Behnam Ben Taleblu on the (Next!) Iran-Israel War

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director (Iran Program) and Senior Fellow at FDD, joins the show to talk about how Iran has worked to reconstitute its miss...

Ep 260: Kevin Passmore on the Maginot Line and the Battle of France

26 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Passmore, professor of History at Cardiff University and author of The Maginot Line: A New History, joins the show to talk about the most elabor...

Ep 259: Christian Brose on Rethinking How We Fight

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Anduril Industries and author of The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech...

Ep 258: Eric Cline on the Collapse of Civilizations

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Cline, professor of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies and of Anthropology at The George Washington University and author of 1177 B.C.: ...

Ep 257: Elliott Abrams on the Venezuela Crisis

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elliott Abrams, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela and Iran f...

Ep 256: Nadia Schadlow on Strategic Depth

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nadia Schadlow, former Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy and senior fellow at Hudson Institute, joins the...

Ep 255: Roya Hakakian on the Islamic Revolution

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Roya Hakakian, author of Assassins of the Turquoise Palace and Journey from the Land of No, joins the show to discuss the 1979 Islamic Revolution in ...

Ep 254: Frank Gavin on History and Statecraft

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Frank Gavin, Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University...

Ep 253: Michael Pack on the Battle of Fallujah

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Pack, President and CEO of Palladium Pictures LLC and director of The Last 600 Meters: The Battles of Najaf and Fallujah, joins the show to di...

Ep 252: Andrew Lambert on the British Empire’s Strategic Challenges and America’s Today

28 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and No More Napoleons: How Britain Manage...

Ep 251: John Lee on Ukraine, Peace, and What China Wants

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

John Lee, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute,  joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s efforts to bring the war in Ukraine to an en...

Ep 250: Jeremy Armstrong on Ancient Rome’s Myths and Warfare

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Armstrong, Professor of Classics & Ancient History at the University of Auckland and author of Children of Mars: The Origins of Rome's Empire, ...

Ep 249: Mick Ryan on the Ukrainian Way of War

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies the Lowy Institute and author of the Futura Doctrina substack, ...

Ep 248: Marc Milner on D-Day and the US-UK Battle for Hegemony

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Milner, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of New Brunswick and author of Second Front: Anglo-American Rivalry and the Hidden Story ...

Ep 247: Nicholas Wright on the Brain Science of War

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nicholas Wright, neuroscientist and author of Warhead: How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain, joins the show to explore the implications o...

Ep 246: Veterans Day Special — Remembering Angus MacLean

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Host Aaron MacLean pays tribute to his father, World War Two and Vietnam Veteran Angus MacLean. This memorial originally ran in the publication Engels...

Ep 245: Edward Luce on Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Twentieth Century

07 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Edward Luce, U.S. national editor and columnist at the Financial Times and author of Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prop...

Ep 244: Oren Cass on a Strategy of Reciprocity

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of American Compass and author of the article A Grand Strategy of Reciprocity for Foreign Affairs, joins the sh...

Ep 243: Alexander Mikaberidze on Russia’s Failed Battle with Turkey… in 1809

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History at LSU Shreveport and contributor to An Unavoidable Evil: Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon (From Reaso...

Ep 243: Joshua S. Treviño—Is Trump After Regime Change in Venezuela?

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua S. Treviño, Chief Transformation Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and senior advisor at the America First Policy Institute, joins...

Ep 242: Michael Sobolik on On Donald Trump’s Trade War with China

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at Hudson Institute and author of Countering China’s Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance, joins the show to...

Ep 241: Julian Jackson on Nazi-Occupied France and Pétain

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Julian Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at Queen Mary University of London and author of France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pét...

Ep 240: Lance R. Blyth on Mountain Warfare

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lance R. Blyth, command historian at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and author of Ski, Climb, Fight: The 10th Mountain Division and the ...

Ep 239: Charles C. Mann on How the System Works

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charles C. Mann, author of “How the System Works” in The New Atlantis, joins the show to discuss the complexity and vulnerability of the hidden pr...

Ep 238: James Titterton on Medieval Deception

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

James Titterton, historian and author of Deception in Medieval Warfare: Trickery and Cunning in the Central Middle Ages, joins the show to discuss str...

Ep 237: Toshi Yoshihara on China’s Subversive Strategies

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and author of Mao's Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and th...

Ep 236: Joshua Rovner on Grand Strategy

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor in the School of International Service at American University and author of Strategy and Grand Strategy, joins the ...

Ep 235: Tyler Grey on Serving in Delta Force and the Warrior’s Journey

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler Grey, Delta Force veteran and author of Forged in Chaos: A Warrior's Origin Story, joins the show to discuss his experiences as a member of the...

Ep 234: A. Wess Mitchell on Diplomacy

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A. Wess Mitchell, former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, historian, and author of Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of...

Ep 233: Mick Ryan on the Ukraine War’s Urgent Lessons

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies the Lowy Institute and author of the Futura Doctrina substack, ...

Ep 232: Ran Baratz on the Gaza War and Israel’s ‘Postmodern’ Military

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ran Baratz, military historian and former senior Israeli official, and author of What's Wrong with the Postmodern Military?, joins the show to discuss...

Ep 231: Peter Rough on Russian Drone Incursions into NATO

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Rough, senior fellow and director of the Center on Europe and Eurasia at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to discuss the recent Russian dron...

Ep 230: Prit Buttar on the Great Soviet Offensive of 1944

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Prit Buttar, historian and author of Bagration 1944: The Great Soviet Offensive, joins the show to discuss the immense Russian campaign that broke the...

Ep 229: Nadège Rolland on China’s Borderlands

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nadège Rolland, Distinguished Fellow, China Studies, at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and principal investigator for the Mapping China'...

Ep 228: Brad Bowman and Ryan Brobst on “Axis” Military Cooperation

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brad Bowman and Ryan Brobst, senior and deputy directors of the Center on Military and Political Power at FDD, join the show to discuss the military r...

Ep 227: Yaakov Katz on What Went Wrong on 10/7

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Yaakov Katz, senior fellow at The Jewish People Policy Institute and author of While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in t...

Ep 226: Geoffrey Wawro on the Vietnam War

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Geoffrey Wawro, founding director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas and author of The Vietnam War: A Military History...

Ep 225: Geoff Ball on the Evacuation of Kabul

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Major Geoff Ball, USMC, co-founder of the Connecting File, commanded Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines during the evacuation at Kabul Internationa...

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

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Barry Strauss, Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightie...

Ep 223: Mick Ryan on Ukraine Negotiations and Fighting

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies the Lowy Institute and author of the Futura Doctrina Substack, ...

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

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Colonel Peter Mansoor, U.S. Army (retired), General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History at The Ohio State University and authors of Redempt...

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

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc LiVecche, McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence and author of The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury, jo...

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

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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. Spe...

Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of ‘The Age of Forever Wars’  in Foreign Affairs Maga...

Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Rabalais, litigator and author of General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor,  joins the show to discuss the e...

Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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

Ep 215: Ryan McDermott on Invading Iraq in 2003

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan McDermott, Army veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and author of Downriver: Memoir of a Warrior Poet,  joins the show to talk about his combat...

Ep 214: Bryan Clark on the Coming Sensor War with China

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute, joins the show to talk about how a war ...

Ep 213: Paul Lay on Cromwell and the English Civil War

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas and author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate,joins the show to talk about t...

Ep 212: Arnold Punaro on Fighting in Vietnam and Washington

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arnold Punaro, retired USMC Major General and author of If Confirmed: An Insider's View of the National Security Confirmation Process, joins the show ...

Ep 211: Daniel Samet on the Origins of the U.S.-Israel Relationship

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Samet, the George P. Shultz Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute and author of U.S. Defense Policy toward Israel: A Cold War History, joins th...

Ep 210: Scott Boorman on Sun Tzu

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Boorman, Professor of Sociology at Yale University and author of Three Faces of Sun Tzu, joins the show to discuss the world and ideas of Sun Tz...

Ep 209: Jonathan Schanzer on the Israel-Iran Ceasefire

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at FDD, joins the show to break down his time on the ground in Israel at the beginning of the war and what may c...

Ep 208: Mike Doran on America’s Strikes in Iran

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to break down A...

Ep 207: Mark Dubowitz on the Israel-Iran War and American Intervention

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on the Israel-Iran conflict, and the possibility of America’s intervention. ▪️...

Ep 206: Cleo Paskal on China’s Central Pacific Strategy

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at FDD and author of Crossroads of Competition, joins the show to discuss China’s campaign for influence and...

Ep 205: Mark Dubowitz on Israel’s Unfolding Campaign in Iran

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to breakdown last night’s spectacular Israeli strikes against the Iranian Regime and its nuclear program, ...

Ep 204: Annie Jacobsen on Nuclear War

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Annie Jacobsen, journalist and author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, joins the show to discuss nuclear weapons and their use. ▪️ Times      •...

Ep 203: Stephen Rabe on the Invasion of Normandy

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Rabe, historian and author of The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy: A Story of Resistance, Courage, and Solidarity in a French Village, joins the...

Ep 202: Fred Kagan on Ukraine’s Attack and the Future of War

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fred Kagan, senior fellow and the director of the Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss Ukraine’s drone operation targeting Rus...

Ep 201: Zachary Griffiths & McKinsey Harb on the U.S. Army

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

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 PROFE...

Ep 200: Rick Atkinson on the American Revolution at 250

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rick Atkinson, historian and author of The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, joins the show to discuss ...

Ep 199: Jonathan Hackett on Our Failures in Iraq & Afghanistan

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Hackett, former U.S. Marine Corps interrogator and author of Theory of Irregular War, joins the show to discuss America’s post-9/11 wars an...

Ep 198: Robert D. Kaplan on Crisis

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robert D. Kaplan, Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and author of Waste Land: A World in Permanent Cr...