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, strate...
Ep 186: Walter Russell Mead on Trump, Strategy, and Mercantilism
Walter Russell Mead, Alexander Hamilton Professor of Strategy and Statecraft at the University of Florida's Hamilton Center and columnist for The Wall Street Journal, joins the show to talk about the role of economic issues in Trump’s strategic views.
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• 01:34 Introduction
• 04:09 Mercantilism & physiocracy
• 08:50 Silicon Valley
• 14:01 Coalitions
• 16:26 How things worked
• 22:52 Post-war policy & China
• 33:17 Tariffs
• 42:50 Executive overreach
• 45:53 The dollar
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Ep 185: Lara Burns on the Hamas Threat in America
Lara Burns, retired FBI Special Agent and head of terrorism research at the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University, joins the show to talk about how Islamist groups operate in the United States.
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• 01:32 Introduction
• 01:48 Terrorism squad
• 03:10 The Muslim Brotherhood
• 06:20 Hamas
• 14:26 The money
• 26:03 Oppressors
• 32:39 American Muslims for Palestine
• 35:18 All connected
• 43:07 Information campaign
• 50:19 Understanding
• 55:01 Fighting back
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Ep 184: Alexander Burns on the Dawn of the Modern Battlefield
Alexander Burns, Assistant Professor of History at Franciscan University and author of Infantry in Battle 1733-1783 (From Reason to Revolution), joins the show to talk about how combat evolved in the decades between Marlborough and Napoleon.
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• 01:45 Introduction
• 02:19 1733
• 06:20 Infantry in battle
• 10:54 Achieving results
• 14:19 Tactical effectivness
• 18:40 Prussia
• 24:17 More than fear
• 29:45 Early nationalism
• 33:12 American evolution
• 38:50 Drones and prestige
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Ep 183: Tom Cotton on China
Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas and author of Seven Things You Can't Say About China, joins the show to talk about the CCP’s global designs.
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• 01:48 Introduction
• 02:30 Paying attention
• 05:38 Bipartisan
• 08:38 Early days
• 13:54 Strategic delays
• 16:13 An evil empire
• 18:45 “What’s it to us?”
• 22:04 Lynchpin
• 25:24 Splitting the axis
• 28:39 China and Ukraine
• 34:00 More dangerous
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Ep 182: Sean McMeekin on Communism
Sean McMeekin, Professor of European History and Culture at Bard College and author of To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism, joins the show to talk about Communist approaches to foreign policy and war.
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• 01:35 Introduction
• 02:39 Communism and war
• 11:02 Giving history a shove
• 16:41 Lenin’s vision
• 20:55 A united front
• 25:54 Infiltration
• 28:45 Stalin at the helm
• 34:51 Ups and downs
• 41:10 Driving a wedge
• 43:37 “We resemble them more than they resemble us…”
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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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