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School of War

This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There has been a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy.This podcast seeks to fill that gap through in-depth interviews on military and diplomatic history. Our guests have included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis, and former China Select Committee chairman Mike Gallagher. We discuss the battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers,

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46:58

Ep 224: Barry Strauss on Ancient Rome’s Wars with Israel

School of War ·

2025/08/22

Barry Strauss, Corliss Page Dean Fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire, joins the show to discuss the long, fractious, often violent relationship between Ancient Rome and her Jewish subjects. ▪️ Times • 01:11 Introduction • 01:37 Rome and Parthia • 07:50 Judea • 12:07 Roman control • 17:58 Jewish warfighting • 20:20 Herod

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33:08

Ep 223: Mick Ryan on Ukraine Negotiations and Fighting

School of War ·

2025/08/19

Major General Mick Ryan, Australian Army (retired), Senior Fellow for Military Studies the Lowy Institute and author of the Futura Doctrina Substack, joins the show to break down the latest on Ukraine, from the battlefield to the White House. ▪️ Times • 01:05 Introduction • 02:06 The front • 06:23 Fortress belt • 08:38 ROI • 10:55 Shifting feelings • 14:41 A realistic settlement • 20:53 After

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50:41

Ep 222: Peter Mansoor on MacArthur’s Return to the...

School of War ·

2025/08/15

Colonel Peter Mansoor, U.S. Army (retired), General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History at The Ohio State University and authors of Redemption: MacArthur and the Campaign for the Philippines, joins the show to discuss the largest campaign of the Pacific War, the liberation of the Philippines. ▪️ Times • 01:08 Introduction • 01:30 Why West Point? • 06:11 Petraeus • 09:55 A huge scale • 11:25 War Plan Orange • 16:25

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54:38

Ep 221: Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders on China’s PLA

School of War ·

2025/08/12

Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders, both of the U.S. National Defense University and authors of China's Quest for Military Supremacy, join the show to discuss the origins, organization, and strategic outlook of China’s military. ▪️ Times • 01:22 Introduction • 01:57 Origins • 06:58 Crisis control • 08:48 PLA structure • 13:05 1960 • 20:17 Horizontal escalation • 24:34 By land or sea • 28:23 American

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42:18

Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality

School of War ·

2025/08/05

Marc LiVecche, McDonald Distinguished Scholar of Ethics, War, and Public Life at Providence and author of The Good Kill: Just War and Moral Injury, joins the show to discuss Just War Theory and whether the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki fit in that framework. ▪️ Times • 01:23 Introduction • 01:30 Misspent youth • 07:51 Moral injury • 13:27 Conflicting views • 19:15 Richard Frank • 28:53 Right not moral

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56:23

Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original...

School of War ·

2025/08/01

Stephen Platt, professor of Chinese history at UMass Amherst and author of The Raider: The Untold Story of a Renegade Marine and the Birth of U.S. Special Forces in World War II, joins the show to discuss the incredible life of Evans Carlson. ▪️ Times • 01:48 Introduction • 02:50 American quirk • 08:14 China • 10:18 Soviet policy • 14:01 Nicaragua • 16:29 Edgar Snow • 21:11 FDR • 24:42 8th Route

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41:23

Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars

School of War ·

2025/07/29

Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of ‘The Age of Forever Wars’ in Foreign Affairs Magazine, joins the show to discuss why protracted warfare seems to be a mark of the era. ▪️ Times • 01:32 Introduction • 02:01 Aligning strategy • 04:37 Mass • 07:14 Iraq and Afghanistan • 11:14 Al Qaeda • 14:25 Survive • 17:50 Results matter • 22:04

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Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor

School of War ·

2025/07/25

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. ▪️ 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

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41:40

Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America

School of War ·

2025/07/22

Will Somerindyke, Chairman of Regulus Global and CEO of UNION, joins the show to discuss rebuilding the U.S. defense industrial base.▪️ Times • 01:36 Introduction • 02:35 A navy family • 05:51 Regulus • 08:05 American made • 10:45 155 • 14:44 Integration • 16:53 Supply chains • 23:20 Demand • 28:27 Flexibility • 31:40 Forging vs casting • 33:45 UNION • 37:27

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38:26

Ep 215: Ryan McDermott on Invading Iraq in 2003

School of War ·

2025/07/18

Ryan McDermott, Army veteran of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and author of Downriver: Memoir of a Warrior Poet, joins the show to talk about his combat experiences.▪️ Times • 01:13 Introduction • 01:55 Seeking purpose • 04:11 West Point • 06:48 9/11 • 08:41 3rd Infantry Division • 10:12 Platoon tactics • 14:51 “Crossing tonight” • 18:08 Preparing for combat • 23:40 Tired • 29:37

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57:43

Ep 214: Bryan Clark on the Coming Sensor War with China

School of War ·

2025/07/15

Bryan Clark, senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute, joins the show to talk about how a war with China could play out. ▪️ Times • 01:51 Introduction • 02:00 Submariner • 10:10 Environmental conditions • 12:40 State of play • 20:04 Complacency • 23:36 Hellscape • 32:14 Cultural differences • 37:20 Party control • 43:40 Degraded

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58:29

Ep 213: Paul Lay on Cromwell and the English Civil War

School of War ·

2025/07/08

Paul Lay, Senior Editor of Engelsberg Ideas and author of Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate,joins the show to talk about the turbulent age of the English Civil War, Cromwell, and the Protectorate.▪️ Times • 01:45 Introduction • 02:00 17th century • 03:51 The Thirty Years War • 12:40 Anti-Catholicism • 15:24 Underlying causes • 21:46 Cromwell • 30:34 Thatcher • 33:04 The Rump

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60:39

Ep 212: Arnold Punaro on Fighting in Vietnam and...

School of War ·

2025/07/04

Arnold Punaro, retired USMC Major General and author of If Confirmed: An Insider's View of the National Security Confirmation Process, joins the show to talk about his infantry service in Vietnam and his experiences serving in Washington DC.▪️ Times • 01:35 Introduction • 05:40 5 weeks • 10:51 Officer training • 13:18 3/7 • 16:37 Jungle fighting • 23:25 Wounded • 31:32 Payback • 36:35 Bad

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53:31

Ep 211: Daniel Samet on the Origins of the...

School of War ·

2025/07/01

Daniel Samet, the George P. Shultz Fellow at the Ronald Reagan Institute and author of U.S. Defense Policy toward Israel: A Cold War History, joins the show to breakdown the origins of the important, if at times contentious, U.S.-Israel relationship.▪️ Times • 01:30 Introduction • 02:28 1948 • 05:44 Arabist strategy • 08:13 11 minutes • 10:37 Looking for friends • 15:40 Soviet-Arab relations • 19:25

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Ep 210: Scott Boorman on Sun Tzu

School of War ·

2025/06/27

Scott Boorman, Professor of Sociology at Yale University and author of Three Faces of Sun Tzu, joins the show to discuss the world and ideas of Sun Tzu.▪️ Times • 01:48 Introduction • 02:10 “Know your enemy” • 05:18 The Protracted Game • 09:59 Text and application • 16:05 Warring states • 21:14 Chinese thinking • 24:58 Net assessment • 29:05 Cunning • 32:02 Omissions • 37:05

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Ep 209: Jonathan Schanzer on the Israel-Iran Ceasefire

School of War ·

2025/06/24

Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at FDD, joins the show to break down his time on the ground in Israel at the beginning of the war and what may come with the Israel-Iran ceasefire in place.▪️ Times • 01:27 Introduction • 02:10 Extraction • 05:50 Different • 09:25 In the shelter • 12:03 Damage taken • 16:18 Stress • 17:45 Getting out • 24:57 Road ahead • 30:40 Iranian risks • 32:10

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45:27

Ep 208: Mike Doran on America’s Strikes in Iran

School of War ·

2025/06/22

Mike Doran, senior fellow and director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East at the Hudson Institute, joins the show to break down America’s strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and what might come next.▪️ Times • 01:00 Reactions • 08:00 Deception • 12:00 More to come • 17:00 Self-deception • 24:00 Next few days • 31:00 Escalation • 34:00 Not over • 41:00 Trump is

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42:35

Ep 207: Mark Dubowitz on the Israel-Iran War and...

School of War ·

2025/06/20

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to bring us up to speed on the Israel-Iran conflict, and the possibility of America’s intervention. ▪️ Times • 01:00 Achievements • 05:00 Retaliation • 09:00 Hard math • 16:00 Intervention • 24:00 Outcomes • 30:00 Ground operations • 32:00 Another Iraq? • 38:00 Resolve and stability • 42:00 “Iraq Syndrome” Follow along on Instagram, X

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49:49

Ep 206: Cleo Paskal on China’s Central Pacific Strategy

School of War ·

2025/06/17

Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at FDD and author of Crossroads of Competition, joins the show to discuss China’s campaign for influence and control at the scene of America’s bloody island-hopping campaign in WW2.▪️ Times • 01:35 Introduction • 04:03 Pacific desert • 07:45 Control • 13:48 Post 1945 • 22:43 Significance • 24:31 Yap • 29:43 Divisions • 32:18 Diplomatic

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Ep 205: Mark Dubowitz on Israel’s Unfolding Campaign...

School of War ·

2025/06/13

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of FDD, joins the show to breakdown last night’s spectacular Israeli strikes against the Iranian Regime and its nuclear program, and what comes next.▪️ Times • 02:00 Deception • 06:00 Targets • 09:00 The Scientists • 11:00 Complacency • 14:00 Israeli goals • 19:00 Regime change • 23:00 Strikes and talks • 29:00 Drones • 31:00 Counterpunch? Follow along on

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