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, and statesmen who have had to make wartime decisions in the ancient and modern eras. The subject of an episode may be an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international incident; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; or the legacy of an important military commander or political leader.   Aaron MacLean is a 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 Corps. Visit our Substack for episode transcripts Follow along on Instagram

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Ep 254: Frank Gavin on History and Statecraft 2025-12-05
Ep 253: Michael Pack on the Battle of Fallujah 2025-12-02
Ep 252: Andrew Lambert on the British Empire’s Strategic Challenges and America’s Today 2025-11-28
Ep 251: John Lee on Ukraine, Peace, and What China Wants 2025-11-25
Ep 250: Jeremy Armstrong on Ancient Rome’s Myths and Warfare 2025-11-21
Ep 249: Mick Ryan on the Ukrainian Way of War 2025-11-18
Ep 248: Marc Milner on D-Day and the US-UK Battle for Hegemony 2025-11-14
Ep 247: Nicholas Wright on the Brain Science of War 2025-11-11
Ep 246: Veterans Day Special — Remembering Angus MacLean 2025-11-10
Ep 245: Edward Luce on Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Twentieth Century 2025-11-07
Ep 244: Oren Cass on a Strategy of Reciprocity 2025-11-04
Ep 243: Alexander Mikaberidze on Russia’s Failed Battle with Turkey… in 1809 2025-10-31
Ep 243: Joshua S. Treviño—Is Trump After Regime Change in Venezuela? 2025-10-28
Ep 242: Michael Sobolik on On Donald Trump’s Trade War with China 2025-10-24
Ep 241: Julian Jackson on Nazi-Occupied France and Pétain 2025-10-21
Ep 240: Lance R. Blyth on Mountain Warfare 2025-10-17
Ep 239: Charles C. Mann on How the System Works 2025-10-14
Ep 238: James Titterton on Medieval Deception 2025-10-10
Ep 237: Toshi Yoshihara on China’s Subversive Strategies 2025-10-07
Ep 236: Joshua Rovner on Grand Strategy 2025-10-03
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