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 235: Tyler Grey on Serving in Delta Force and the Warrior’s Journey 2025-09-30
Ep 234: A. Wess Mitchell on Diplomacy 2025-09-26
Ep 233: Mick Ryan on the Ukraine War’s Urgent Lessons 2025-09-23
Ep 232: Ran Baratz on the Gaza War and Israel’s ‘Postmodern’ Military 2025-09-19
Ep 231: Peter Rough on Russian Drone Incursions into NATO 2025-09-16
Ep 230: Prit Buttar on the Great Soviet Offensive of 1944 2025-09-12
Ep 229: Nadège Rolland on China’s Borderlands 2025-09-09
Ep 228: Brad Bowman and Ryan Brobst on “Axis” Military Cooperation 2025-09-07
Ep 227: Yaakov Katz on What Went Wrong on 10/7 2025-09-02
Ep 226: Geoffrey Wawro on the Vietnam War 2025-08-29
Ep 225: Geoff Ball on the Evacuation of Kabul 2025-08-26
Ep 224: Barry Strauss on Ancient Rome’s Wars with Israel 2025-08-22
Ep 223: Mick Ryan on Ukraine Negotiations and Fighting 2025-08-19
Ep 222: Peter Mansoor on MacArthur’s Return to the Philippines 2025-08-15
Ep 221: Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders on China’s PLA 2025-08-12
Ep 220: Marc LiVecche on Hiroshima and Morality 2025-08-05
Ep 219: Stephen Platt on Mao's China and the Original Marine Raider 2025-08-01
Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars 2025-07-29
Ep 217: Steven Rabalais on Ike’s Mentor 2025-07-25
Ep 216: Will Somerindyke on Making Munitions in America 2025-07-22
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