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School of War
In School of War, CBS News National Security Analyst and Free Press columnist Aaron MacLean sits down with secretaries of state, top military historians, war planners, and key political decision-makers to help understand the lessons of war. Tune in as School of War takes you to the front lines. Aaron MacLean is a former 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…
Episodes
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Ep 59: James Lacey on Roman Strategy
James Lacey, the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair of War Studies at Marine Corps University and author of Rome: Strategy of Empire, joins the show to…
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Ep 58: Philip Taubman on George Shultz
Philip Taubman, lecturer at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and author of In The Nation's Service: The Life and Times…
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Ep 57: Mike Gallagher on China and the U.S. Military
Congressman Mike Gallagher, U.S. representative for Wisconsin’s 8th district and chair of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the…
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Ep 56: Ronald H. Spector and the Chaos of Postwar Asia
Ronald H. Spector, Professor Emeritus of History at George Washington University and author of A Continent Erupts: Decolonization, Civil War, and Massacre in…
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Ep 55: Myke Cole and the Spartan Myth
Myke Cole, author of The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy, joins the show to discuss what most people get wrong about Sparta…
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Ep 54: Jonathan Kirshner on Realism
Jonathan Kirshner, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Boston College and author of An Unwritten Future: Realism, Uncertainty, and…
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Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War
David M. Pritchard, Associate Professor of Greek History at the University of Queensland and author of Athenian Democracy at War, joins the show to discuss how…
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Ep 52: Dr. Michael Livingston on the battle of Crécy
Dr. Michael Livingston , Professor at The Citadel and author of Crécy: Battle of Five Kings, joins the show to discuss the Hundred Years War, medieval warfare…
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Ep 51: Alexander Mikaberidze on Kutuzov
Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and author of Kutuzov: A Life in…
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Ep 50: Lawrence Freedman on Command
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and author of Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to…
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Ep 49: William Inboden on Ronald Reagan
William Inboden, executive director and William Powers, Jr. Chair at the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas at Austin and author…
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Ep 48: Ian Beckett on the Anglo-Zulu War
Ian Beckett, professor emeritus of military history at the University of Kent and author of Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana, joins the show to talk about the two…
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Ep 47: Senator Tom Cotton on American Foreign Policy
Tom Cotton, senator from Arkansas and author of Only the Strong: Reversing the Left's Plot to Sabotage American Power, joins the show to talk about U.S…
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Ep 46: James M. Scott on Curtis LeMay in World War II
James M. Scott, author of Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo and the Road to the Atomic Bomb, joins the show to talk about the World War II…
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Ep 45: Randall Schriver on China
Randall Schriver, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific affairs and Chairman of the Project 2049 Institute, joins the show to talk about…
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Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff
Ep 44: Jay Lockenour on Erich Ludendorff ▪️ Jay Lockenour, associate professor of history at Temple University and author of Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich…
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Ep 43: Eli Lake on the Bush administration in the Middle East
Eli Lake, host of The Re-Education and national security journalism fellow at the Clements Center, joins the show to talk about 9/11 and the invasions of Iraq…
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Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Grand Strategy
Ian Easton, senior director at the Project 2049 Institute and author of The Final Struggle: Inside China’s Global Strategy, joins the show to talk about Xi…
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Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China
Hal Brands, Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, and Michael Beckley, associate professor of political science at Tufts…
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Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France
Michael S. Neiberg, Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, joins the show to talk American…
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Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2
Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat…
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Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2
Ocie Vest, retired Marine infantry officer, joins the show to talk about his experiences as a platoon commander in the Battle of Marjah and later as a combat…
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Ep 37: Alexander Watson on WWI’s Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe’s Bloodlands
Alexander Watson, Professor of History at Goldsmiths, University of London, joins the show to talk about the Eastern Front in World War One, and how the events…
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Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on America
Charlie Laderman, lecturer at King’s College London and co-author of Hitler's American Gamble, joins the show to talk about his latest book, which covers the…
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Ep 35: Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor on the Battle of Midway
Brendan Simms, Professor at the University of Cambridge, and his co-author, Steven McGregor, a U.S. Army vet, join the show to talk about their new book, The…
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Ep 34: Andrew Corbett on Britain’s Nukes
Andrew Corbett, author of Supreme Emergency: How Britain Lives With the Bomb, joins the show to talk about what it’s like commanding one of Her Majesty’s…
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Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War
Steven Pressfield, author of A Man at Arms and Gates of Fire, joins the show to talk about writing historical fiction, telling the truth about war, and why the…
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Ep 32: Barry S. Strauss on Actium
Barry Strauss, Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies at Cornell University, joins the show to talk about Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra…
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Ep 31: Rich Goldberg on Economic Sanctions and Financial Warfare
Rich Goldberg, senior advisor at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and host of both the Cryptonite podcast and Jewish Insider’s Limited Liability…
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Ep 30: Guy MacLean Rogers on The Jewish Revolt
Guy MacLean Rogers, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Classical Studies at Wellesley College and author of For the Freedom of Zion: The Great…
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Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2
Wesley Morgan, journalist and author of The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley, joins the show to discuss his experiences…
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Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2
Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan Wesley Morgan, journalist and author of The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley, joins…
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Ep 27: Fred Kagan on Ukraine II
Ep 27: Fred Kagan on Ukraine II Fred Kagan, Senior Fellow and Director of Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss where the war in Ukraine…
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Ep 26: Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War
Ep 26: Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies, King's College, joins the show…
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Ep. 25: Waller Newell on Putin and Tyranny
Waller Newell, Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Carleton University, joins the show to discuss tyranny and tyrants—and Vladimir Putin in…
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Ep. 24: Richard Overy on World War II
Richard Overy, professor of history at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss World War II and the wars of imperial aggression. Times 02:23 -…
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Ep. 23: James Holmes on Sea Power
James Holmes, the J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College, joins the show to discuss sea power, the war in Ukraine, and the possibility…
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Ep. 22: Jeremy Black on Tank Warfare
Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter, joins the show to discuss tank warfare from its origins to the battlefields of Ukraine Times…
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Ep. 21: Matthew Kroenig on Ukraine and Putin’s Nuclear Weapons
Matthew Kroenig, Professor in the Department of Government and Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Director of Studies at…
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Ep. 20: Bill Roggio on Ukraine
Ep. 20: Bill Roggio on Ukraine Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of the Long War Journal, joins the show to…
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Ep. 19: Fred Kagan on Ukraine
Fred Kagan, Director of Critical Threats Project at AEI, joins the show to discuss the first week of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Times: 00:42 - Introduction…
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Ep. 18: Bruce Jones on Seapower
Bruce Jones, director of the Project on International Order and Strategy of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, joins the show to discuss…
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Ep. 17: Alexander Mikaberidze on Napoleon
Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and the Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University-Shreveport, joins the show to discuss the…
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Ep. 16: Gerry Roncolato on the U.S. Navy
Is the United States Navy prepared for war? Retired Navy Captain Gerry Roncolato joins the show to discuss the past, present, and future of American maritime…
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Ep. 15: Andrew Lambert on Julian Corbett
Andrew Lambert, Laughton Professor of Naval History in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, joins the show to discuss British strategist…
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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton
Historian Kevin Hymel joins the show to discuss the life and leadership of the American World War II general most feared by the Nazis: George S. Patton. Times…
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Ep. 13: Thomas Clavin on Joe Moser
Journalist and author Thomas Clavin joins the show to discuss the harrowing journey of Joe Moser, an American fighter pilot during World War II and the subject…
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Ep. 12: Hal Brands on the Cold War
Hal Brands, the Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, joins…
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Ep. 11: John Matteson on the Civil War's Cultural Impact
John Matteson, Distinguished Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, joins the show to discuss how the Civil War—and in particular the…
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Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon
Shane Brennan, associate professor of history at the American University in Dubai, joins the show to discuss the new Landmark edition of Xenophon's Anabasis…
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Ep. 9: David Stahel on the Eastern Front in WWII
Biography David Stahel is a senior lecturer of history at the University of New South Wales in Australia. His research focuses on European military history…
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Ep. 8: H.W. Brands on the Patriots and the Loyalists
Biography H.W, Brands is the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his doctorate in history. He is the…
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Ep. 7: John McManus on the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II
Biography John McManus is the Curators' Distinguished Professor of U.S. military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. McManus…
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Ep. 6: Frank Ledwidge on Airpower
Biography Frank Ledwidge is a senior fellow of law and strategy at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell, England. Ledwidge served as an officer in the Royal…
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Ep. 5: Wayne Hsieh on Robert E. Lee
Biography Wayne Hsieh is a history professor at the United States Naval Academy. He served on the State Department's provincial reconstruction team in Iraq…
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Ep. 4: Sean McMeekin on Stalin and World War II
Biography Sean McMeekin is a professor and historian who focuses on early 20th century Europe. In addition to his latest book, Stalin's War: A New History of…
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Ep. 3: Andrew Roberts on King George III
Biography Andrew Roberts is a professor, author, and military historian. He's written or edited nearly 20 books, including biographies of Sir Winston Churchill…
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Ep. 2: Daniel Bolger on Maurice Rose
Biography Daniel Bolger is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army. A graduate of the Citadel, Lt. General Bolger earned five bronze stars…
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Ep. 1: H.R. McMaster on the Gulf War
Biography H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was the 26th assistant to the president for National…
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