243 Episodes

  1. Ep 42: Ian Easton on Xi Jinping and the CCP’s Grand Strategy

    Published: 9/6/2022

  2. Ep 41: Hal Brands and Michael Beckley on China

    Published: 8/30/2022

  3. Ep 40: Michael S. Neiberg on Vichy France

    Published: 8/9/2022

  4. Ep 39: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

    Published: 8/2/2022

  5. Ep 38: Ocie Vest on the Marine Corps’ War in Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2

    Published: 7/26/2022

  6. Ep 37: Alexander Watson on WWI’s Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe’s Bloodlands

    Published: 7/19/2022

  7. Ep 36: Charlie Laderman on Hitler’s Decision to Declare War on America

    Published: 7/12/2022

  8. Ep 35: Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor on the Battle of Midway

    Published: 6/28/2022

  9. Ep 34: Andrew Corbett on Britain’s Nukes

    Published: 6/21/2022

  10. Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War

    Published: 6/14/2022

  11. Ep 32: Barry S. Strauss on Actium

    Published: 6/7/2022

  12. Ep 31: Rich Goldberg on Economic Sanctions and Financial Warfare

    Published: 5/31/2022

  13. Ep 30: Guy MacLean Rogers on The Jewish Revolt

    Published: 5/24/2022

  14. Ep 29: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 2 of 2

    Published: 5/17/2022

  15. Ep 28: Wesley Morgan on Afghanistan, Part 1 of 2

    Published: 5/10/2022

  16. Ep 27: Fred Kagan on Ukraine II

    Published: 5/3/2022

  17. Ep 26: Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War

    Published: 4/26/2022

  18. Ep. 25: Waller Newell on Putin and Tyranny

    Published: 4/12/2022

  19. Ep. 24: Richard Overy on World War II

    Published: 4/5/2022

  20. Ep. 23: James Holmes on Sea Power

    Published: 3/29/2022

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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