The Strategy Bridge
Episodes
North Carolina's Military Mobilization in the First World War with Nate Finney
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nate Finney joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about how the Council of Defense in North Carolina managed military and resource mobilization du...
The School of Advanced Warfighting and the Training of Operational Planners with Brian Kerg
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we are joined by Brian Kerg to talk about the School of Advanced Warfighting and the training of opera...
Ideology and Soviet and American Correspondents during the Cold War with Dina Fainberg
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Dina Fainberg about the Cold War ideologies that shaped how Soviet and American foreign correspondents reported on each o...
Theater and the American Revolution with Jason Shaffer
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Jason Shaffer about the role of theater during the American Revolution and in 18th Centur...
The Canadian Army on D-Day with Mark Zuehlke
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
During the Second World War, Canadian soldiers fought fascism in Europe alongside British and American troops. In this episode, we talk with historian...
Militarism in Post-Colonial Africa with Samuel Fury Childs Daly
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the years after independence, military coups overthrew civilian governments in many new African countries and tried to transform their societies in...
Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of Sea Power with Nicholas Lambert
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Lambert joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about Alfred Thayer Mahan, his concept of sea power, and the ideas and events that shaped h...
Edward Mead Earle and "Makers of Modern Strategy" with Michael Finch
24 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1943, the book "Makers of Modern Strategy" was released and was an immediate success. The editor, Edward Mead Earle, had hoped to offer the public ...
From the Rappahannock to Gettysburg with Scott Mingus and Eric Wittenberg
26 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From June 3-30, 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac moved from their positions along the Rappahannock River at Fredericksb...
The Delaware River Campaign of 1777 with James McIntyre
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Between September and November of 1777, the Continental Army and Pennsylvania State Navy fought to deny the British access to the Delaware River to pr...
The Geographies of War with Jeremy Black
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Black returns to the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about geographical concepts, mapmaking, strategy, geopolitics and his book "The Geographie...
Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America with Wayne Lee
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Wayne Lee about his book "The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North Americ...
The Fight for Women to Fly in Combat with Eileen Bjorkman
17 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eileen Bjorkman joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about her book "Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in ...
Martial Aesthetics with Anders Engberg-Pedersen
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we are joined by Anders Engberg-Pedersen to talk about his book "Martial Aesthetics: How War Became an...
The U.S. Army in the Pacific War, 1945 with John McManus
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. John McManus returns to the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about the final book in his trilogy on the U.S. Army in the Pacific War, "To the End o...
Wargaming Education and Design with Sebastian Bae
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Bae joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about wargaming education and design and his new game "Littoral Commander: Indo-Pacific." Bae ...
The Mobile Riverine Force in the Vietnam War with Erik Villard
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During the Vietnam War, a joint Army and Navy unit known as the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) was established to operate in the maritime environment of ...
Water, Roads, and Rail in the Gettysburg Campaign with Troy Harman
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
National Park Service Ranger Troy Harman joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about the role of the location of water, roads, and rail in the dec...
The Mythology of World War II with Elizabeth Samet
23 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Samet joins the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about the mythology surrounding World War II, the literature and film that emerged following...
Nimitz and the Art of Command in the Pacific
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trent Hone returns to the Strategy Bridge Podcast to talk about his new book "Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester Nimitz and Victory in the ...
The History of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers with Matt Kriner and Jon Lewis
14 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with Matt Kriner and Jon Lewis about the history, ideology, and organization of the Proud Boys ...
The Concept of "Great-Power Competition" and American Foreign Policy with Ali Wyne
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Ali Wyne about the concept of great-power competition and what it means for American fore...
The Susquehannock Wars and Bacon's Rebellion with Matthew Kruer
19 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Matthew Kruer about the Susquehannock wars of the 1670s and 1680s in the mid-Atlantic and...
The U.S. Army in the Pacific War - 1944 with John McManus
15 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, Dr. John McManus returns to talk about "Island Infernos: The U.S. Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944" th...
Habits of Maritime Strategists with James Holmes
16 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Dr. James Holmes about his book "Habits of Highly Effective Maritime Strategists." Holmes is a former Navy surface warfar...
Combatant Command Campaign Planning with Chad Pillai
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Chad Pillai about combatant command campaign planning. Pillai is a U.S. Army strategist and the author of "Developing a ...
Indian Civil-Military Relations with Ayesha Ray
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since gaining independence in 1947, the relations between India's civilian leaders and the military has changed over time as the country fought wars w...
The U.S. Navy in the Jacksonian Era with Claude Berube
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Dr. Claude Berube about his book "On Wide Seas: The U.S. Navy in the Jacksonian Era." Ber...
Strategy and the Second World War with Jeremy Black
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Jeremy Black about his book "Strategy and the Second World War: How the War Was Won and L...
War Veterans and Fascism with Angel Alcalde
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the years following the First World War, the Italian fascist movement appropriated the symbol of the veteran as a new revolutionary political force...
The U.S. Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943 with John McManus
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By the summer of 1945, 1.8 million American soldiers were serving in the war against Japan in the Pacific and Asia. This included 21 U.S. Army infantr...
The Politics and Strategy of Project Apollo
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony about how the Apollo program to put men on the moon was created and r...
A Foreign Service Officer in South Sudan with Elizabeth Shackelford
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with Elizabeth Shackelford about her book "The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishone...
Strategic Culture, Ideology, and Military Strategy with Jeremy Black
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk about strategic culture, ideology, and military strategy with Jeremy Black. He is an emeritus P...
Strategy Before Clausewitz with Beatrice Heuser
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with Prof. Beatrice Heuser from the University of Glasgow about whether strategic thinking as w...
On Bernard Brodie's "A Layman's Guide to Naval Strategy" with Nick Prime
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1942 Bernard Brodie published the first edition of his book "A Layman's Guide to Naval Strategy." It would see a total of 5 editions, the last in 1...
On Grand Strategy with John Lewis Gaddis
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast, we talk with Dr. John Lewis Gaddis about his book "On Grand Strategy." Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett ...
The Strategist and the General Staff Officer with Jacqueline Whitt and J.P. Clark
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with Dr. Jacqueline Whitt and Dr. J.P. Clark about their two essays in the book "On Strategy: A...
"Useful Fiction," Imaginative Thinking, and National Security Affairs with August Cole
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with August Cole about how fiction and imaginative thinking can inform how we approach national...
Librarians, Books, and Intelligence Gathering in World War II with Kathy Peiss
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During World War II, librarians, archivists, microfilm specialists, and book connoisseurs were recruited by the US government to go overseas and colle...
On Hannah Arendt's "Lying in Politics" with Celestino Perez
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1971, the New York Times published leaked versions of what became known as the Pentagon Papers. The papers were part of a 7,000 page report commiss...
U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy with Jessica Trisko Darden
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since its establishment during the Truman administration, the U.S. foreign assistance program has been seen by policymakers as a primary means of infl...
The U.S. Navy's Strategical Awakening with Scott Mobley
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the 1870s-1890s the U.S. Navy experienced a strategical awakening. Changes in technology, international politics, and other factors drove officer...
The U.S. Colored Troops, Camp William Penn, and the Civil War with Donald Scott
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 1863, Camp William Penn was established outside of Philadelphia to train African American soldiers for the Union Army. By the end of the war eleven...
A Theory of Tactics with Brett Friedman
18 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While military thinkers have assembled many lists of the principles of war, they have not developed a theory of tactics. Brett Friedman set out to rem...
Naval Irregular Warfare in Early America with Benjamin Armstrong
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
While naval historians and strategists have tended to focus on commerce raiding and ship-on-ship or fleet-on-fleet operations, naval history also incl...
U.S. Army Professionalism and Preparations for War, 1815-1917 with J.P. Clark
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the 19th century the U.S. Army alternated between a small regular force scattered at isolated forts and large forces built quickly to fight...
Wargaming and National Security Decision Making with Elizabeth Bartels
21 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past several years there has been a renewed interest in using gaming as a method to investigate national security decision making, explore po...
On J.C. Wylie's "Military Strategy" with Nick Prime
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 1967, a short book called Military Strategy: A General Theory of Power Control was published by a naval officer named J.C. Wylie. Over the years th...
The Nigerian Civil War and the Biases of American Intelligence Analysis with Judd Devermont
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From July 1966 to January 1970, Nigerians fought a civil war which led to the deaths of more than half a million people. Looking back at the American ...
Able Archer and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983
18 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 1983 Soviet leaders interpreted a series of American actions leading up to Exercise ABLE ARCHER as real steps toward a nuclear attack. In this epis...
The American Anti-War Movement During WWI with Michael Kazin
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The decision to go to war is one of the most important a country can make. In a democracy that debate can involve activist groups both for and against...
The U.S. Navy as a Learning Organization with Trent Hone
17 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the United States industrialized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the U.S. Navy worked to adapt to a maritime environment shaped by the d...
African Soldiers in the German East African Colonial Army with Michelle Moyd
14 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
From the 1890s through the end of WWI, Germans recruited African soldiers to serve in the Schutztruppe, the colonial army in German East Africa. Known...
On Indian Foreign Policy with Dr. Aparna Pande
13 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Strategy Bridge Podcast we talk with Dr. Aparna Pande about Indian foreign policy and how it has been influenced by ancient phi...
The First Day at the Battle of Hue: One Soldier's Story
23 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When the Tet Offensive began on January 31, 1968, Bob Lauver had been in Vietnam for 15 months. He was a sergeant with G Battery, 65th Artillery Regim...
Politics & Strategy of the Mexican-American War with Amy Greenberg
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the presidential election of 1844, James Polk campaigned on a policy of territorial expansion. After becoming president he used diplomacy and milit...
On Iroquois War and Diplomacy with Timothy Shannon
14 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1600s and 1700s, the Iroquois were a Native American confederacy that exercised great influence in northeastern North America in their relation...
The Rise of the Military Welfare State with Jennifer Mittelstadt
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As the U.S. Army transitioned to the All Volunteer Force in the 1970's, it realized that it needed to provide a higher standard of living to its soldi...
Pres. Eisenhower's Project Solarium with Richard Immerman
11 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the months after Dwight Eisenhower was inaugurated president, he initiated what became known as Project Solarium. Three teams were established to r...
Culture, Politics, and Carl von Clausewitz with Vanya Eftimova Bellinger
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Strategy Bridge talks with Vanya Eftimova Bellinger about the influence of culture and politics on Carl von Clausewitz. Vanya Eftimova Bellinger...
On Strategy Education with Tami Davis Biddle
22 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Strategy Bridge talks with Dr. Tami Davis Biddle about strategy education, strategic thinking, and the importance of being a lifelong learner. R...
The Strategy Bridge Podcast Teaser
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join The Strategy Bridge on January 22 for the premiere of a new podcast series on strategy, national security, and strategic history. Subscribe in iT...