School of War

Ep 218: Lawerence Freedman on Endless Wars


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Lawerence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of ‘The Age of Forever Wars’  in Foreign Affairs Magazine, joins the show to discuss why protracted warfare seems to be a mark of the era.  

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    •      01:32 Introduction

    •      02:01 Aligning strategy 

    •      04:37 Mass 

    •      07:14 Iraq and Afghanistan 

    •      11:14 Al Qaeda       

    •      14:25 Survive     

    •      17:50 Results matter

    •      22:04 Trade-offs 

    •      27:23 Avoiding mistakes   

    •      32:13 Why does Putin continue?

    •      38:29 Concessions


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