Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor

School of War · Jul 25, 2025 · 1h 6m

Steven Rabalais, litigator and author of General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor, joins the show to discuss the extraordinary influence of now-forgotten General Fox Connor on the outcome of WWI and Eisenhower’s career.

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Times

• 01:51 Introduction

• 03:10 Growing up with history

• 05:47 A southern story

• 07:44 West Point struggles

• 12:07 A reader

• 14:50 Coastal artillery

• 20:46 Rocks and airplanes

• 23:51 Mechanism of victory

• 27:54 WWI logistics

• 32:47 Summer 1918

• 46:03 Eisenhower

• 51:24 Panama

• 01:01:58 Foreshadowing

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