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. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram

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Ep 47: Senator Tom Cotton on American Foreign Policy 2022-11-01
Ep 46: James M. Scott on Curtis LeMay in World War II 2022-10-25
Ep 45: Randall Schriver on China 2022-10-18
Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff 2022-10-11
Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East 2022-09-13
Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Grand Strategy 2022-09-06
Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China 2022-08-30
Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France 2022-08-09
Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2 2022-08-02
Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2 2022-07-26
Ep 37: Alexander Watson on WWI’s Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe’s Bloodlands 2022-07-19
Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on America 2022-07-12
Ep 35: Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor on the Battle of Midway 2022-06-28
Ep 34: Andrew Corbett on Britain’s Nukes 2022-06-21
Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War 2022-06-14
Ep 32: Barry S. Strauss on Actium 2022-06-07
Ep 31: Rich Goldberg on Economic Sanctions and Financial Warfare 2022-05-31
Ep 30: Guy MacLean Rogers on The Jewish Revolt 2022-05-24
Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2 2022-05-17
Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2 2022-05-10
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