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Military Historian Phillips O'Brien's WAR AND POWER
Host Diana Korte speaks with military historian Phillips Payson O’Brien, author of 5 books, whose newest title is “WAR AND POWER. Who Wins Wars And Why.” He is an American professor of strategic studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and known for his work on 20th and 21st-century conflict, war, and politics. His groundbreaking book reveals that military might alone is an incomplete and often misleading measure of power. Instead, he argues that victory in war is rooted in a far broader spectrum of forces: economic strength, technological innovation, political leadership, societal…
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