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 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 the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. 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 95: Richard Goldberg on the War in Israel & American Strategy 2023-10-24
Ep 94: Jonathan Schanzer on the War in Israel & Hamas 2023-10-17
Ep 93: Michael Doran on the War in Israel & Ghosts of 1973 2023-10-10
Ep 92: Cliff May on Defending Democracies 2023-10-03
Ep 91: Paul Rahe on Sparta’s Grand Strategy 2023-09-26
Ep 90: Andrew Krepinevich on Military Revolutions 2023-09-19
Ep 89: Mick Ryan on Ukraine, Taiwan, and Future War 2023-09-12
Ep 88: John H. Maurer on Alfred Thayer Mahan (New Makers of Modern Strategy #10) 2023-09-05
Ep 87: Wayne Lee on Native American Warfare 2023-08-29
Ep 86: David Betz on Ukraine’s Counteroffensive and Russia’s Defense 2023-08-22
Ep 85: Antulio J. Echevarria on Jomini (New Makers of Modern Strategy #9) 2023-08-15
Ep 84: Mike Gallagher on the Korean War and Confronting China Today 2023-08-08
Ep 84: B. Rivera and M. McGrath on John Boyd 2023-08-01
Ep 83: Aaron O’Connell on 'Geopolitics 101' 2023-07-25
Ep 82: Charles Edel on John Quincy Adams (New Makers of Modern Strategy #8) 2023-07-18
Ep 81: Max Hastings on the Cuban Missile Crisis 2023-07-11
Ep 80: Holger Afflerbach on How Germany Lost WWI 2023-07-04
Ep 79: Mark Galeotti on Russia’s Military 2023-06-27
Ep 78: Hew Strachan on Clausewitz (New Makers of Modern Strategy #7) 2023-06-20
Ep 77: Iskander Rehman on Sully, Richelieu, and Mazarin (New Makers of Modern Strategy #6) 2023-06-13
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