Ep 176: David Betz on Modern Fortification

School of War · Feb 11, 2025 · 51m

David Betz, Professor of War in the Modern World at King’s College London and author of The Guarded Age: Fortification in the Twenty-First Century, joins the show to discuss how fortification is alive, well, and everywhere.

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• 01:22 Introduction

• 01:53 A default condition

• 13:20 Why is that there?

• 22:13 Alexandrian foundations

• 28:50 Security and mobility

• 39:53 The pendulum swings

• 48:54 Intrigue

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