Midrats

Episode 615: Gaming Out WWIII with Michael Cee


Listen Later

Decades of peace and relative stability in Europe is suddenly shattered as armies start to mobilize on a scale not seen since WWII.

No, not 2022...but 1987.

What is there to learn for today from what could have happened at the end of the Cold War?

In addition to the above teaser questions, this Sunday from 5-6pm Eastern with our guest Michael Cee we will dive in to the research, tools, wargaming, and art of creating alternative historical fiction about what may have happened with the wrong people in the wrong positions of power at the wrong time in the late 1980s.

Michael is the creator and author of World War III 1987, a blog that takes a detailed look at a hypothetical Third World War set in 1987, as well as several topics related to the NATO-Warsaw Pact military balance in the later years of the Cold War. He is also the author of a second blog, Today’s Defense and International Relations Topics that’s centered on contemporary geopolitical and defense issues and news. He is a 44-year-old former Air Force officer who has also spent time in government service and as a senior member of a research institute. He has earned an MSFS from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, as well as an MPA and PhD in Politics from Princeton University. Over the summer of 2019, Michael signed a two-book deal with a New York City publishing house. At present he is making final edits on his first novel, which is also based on a hypothetical global conflict set in 1987.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

MidratsBy Midrats

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

86 ratings


More shows like Midrats

View all
City Journal Audio by Manhattan Institute

City Journal Audio

594 Listeners

Power Line by Ricochet

Power Line

484 Listeners

Angry Planet by Matthew Gault and Jason Fields

Angry Planet

798 Listeners

Modern War Institute by Modern War Institute at West Point

Modern War Institute

767 Listeners

The Editors by National Review

The Editors

4,762 Listeners

Defense One Radio by Defense One staff

Defense One Radio

136 Listeners

The Great Books by National Review

The Great Books

1,554 Listeners

The Proceedings Podcast by U.S. Naval Institute

The Proceedings Podcast

207 Listeners

Uncommon Knowledge by Hoover Institution

Uncommon Knowledge

1,971 Listeners

Net Assessment by War on the Rocks

Net Assessment

401 Listeners

The American Mind by The Claremont Institute

The American Mind

1,232 Listeners

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution by Hoover Institution

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

684 Listeners

School of War by Nebulous Media

School of War

372 Listeners

The Secrets of Statecraft by Hoover Institution

The Secrets of Statecraft

110 Listeners

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast by National Review

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

1,039 Listeners