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 159: Rebecca Heinrichs on the Morality of Nuclear Weapons 2024-11-19
Ep 158: Randall Schriver and Dan Blumenthal on an Economic Strategy for China 2024-11-12
Ep 157: Frank Cohn—Veterans Day Special 2024-11-08
Ep 156: Nicholas Eberstadt on North Koreans in Russia 2024-11-05
Ep 155: Nick Lloyd on World War I’s Eastern Front 2024-10-29
Ep 154: Ben Noon on the U.S.-China Chip Wars 2024-10-22
Ep 153: Scott Hartwig on the Battle of Antietam 2024-10-18
Ep 152: Jacqueline Deal on China’s Strategy 2024-10-15
Ep 151: Nicholas Morton on the Crusades 2024-10-11
Ep 150: Katherine Kuzminski on the Draft 2024-10-08
Ep 149: Mark Dubowitz on the Iran-Israel War 2024-10-01
Ep 148: Alex Miller on Battlefield Technology 2024-10-01
Ep 147: Frank Ledwidge on War in Space 2024-09-27
Ep 146: Eric Edelman and Thomas Mahnken on America’s Defense Strategy Crisis 2024-09-24
Ep 145: Christopher Lynch on Machiavelli at War 2024-09-20
Ep 144: Mark Montgomery on Defending Taiwan (Boiling Moat #2) 2024-09-17
Ep 143: Sabin Howard on WWI, Art, and Honoring Veterans 2024-09-13
Ep 142: Andrew Roberts Debunks Darryl Cooper on Winston Churchill 2024-09-10
Ep 141: Matt Pottinger on the Defense of Taiwan (Boiling Moat #1) 2024-09-03
Ep 140: Roger Wicker on Defense Spending and Peace through Strength 2024-08-27
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