Ep 199: Jonathan Hackett on Our Failures in Iraq & Afghanistan

School of War · May 23, 2025 · 41m

Jonathan Hackett, former U.S. Marine Corps interrogator and author of Theory of Irregular War, joins the show to discuss America’s post-9/11 wars and how irregular warfare works.

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Times

• 01:12 Introduction

• 01:30 A good interrogator

• 03:26 Afghanistan

• 06:15 In the interrogation room

• 12:10 The Reid Technique

• 14:27 Galula

• 17:10 A military solution

• 23:32 Voluntary acceptance

• 25:34 Irregular War

• 28:20 The war we have

• 31:33 COIN

• 36:10 Speaking the language

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