The 2012 Benghazi Attack on two isolated American diplomatic and intelligence compounds is a well-known story to millions of film-viewers across the world. In tonight’s show, a few Americans will battle for their lives against overwhelming odds. It’s a case study of static defense warfare in the modern setting: cut off and alone – hundreds of miles away from reinforcements, a few American security operators faced down hundreds of onrushing attackers. It’s thirteen hours of pain distilled into 70 minutes of podcast. It’s all here and it’s all free on Battlecast – the world’s foremost podcast on war and its sociopolitical impact.

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Burton, Fred and Katz, Samuel. Under fire: The untold story of the attack in Benghazi.

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Rogers, Mike & Ruppersberger, Dutch. Investigative report on the terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, September 11-12, 2012. November 21, 2014. 

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Zuckoff, Mitchell. (2014). 13 hours: The inside account of what really happened in Benghazi.