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 228: Brad Bowman and Ryan Brobst on “Axis” Military Cooperation 2025-09-05
Ep 227: Yaakov Katz on What Went Wrong on 10/7 2025-09-02
Ep 226: Geoffrey Wawro on the Vietnam War 2025-08-29
Ep 225: Geoff Ball on the Evacuation of Kabul 2025-08-26
Ep 224: Barry Strauss on Ancient Rome’s Wars with Israel 2025-08-22
Ep 223: Mick Ryan on Ukraine Negotiations and Fighting 2025-08-19
Ep 222: Peter Mansoor on MacArthur’s Return to the Philippines 2025-08-15
Ep 221: Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders on China’s PLA 2025-08-12
Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality 2025-08-05
Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider 2025-08-01
Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars 2025-07-29
Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor 2025-07-25
Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America 2025-07-22
Ep 215: Ryan McDermott on Invading Iraq in 2003 2025-07-18
Ep 214: Bryan Clark on the Coming Sensor War with China 2025-07-15
Ep 213: Paul Lay on Cromwell and the English Civil War 2025-07-08
Ep 212: Arnold Punaro on Fighting in Vietnam and Washington 2025-07-04
Ep 211: Daniel Samet on the Origins of the U.S.-Israel Relationship 2025-07-01
Ep 210: Scott Boorman on Sun Tzu 2025-06-27
Ep 209: Jonathan Schanzer on the Israel-Iran Ceasefire 2025-06-24
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