This is the podcast of WAR ROOM, the official online journal of the U.S. Army War College. Join us for provocative discussions about U.S. national security and defense, featuring prominent national security and military professionals.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 4 hours 13 minutes
WHY IS THE VIETNAM WAR EXPERIENCE STILL RELEVANT? — A PODCAST
The success of the Fifties was giving away to the uncertainty of the Sixties, and we were fighting a war that frankly was a peripheral event. The 2017 release of a television series on Vietnam War from director Ken Burns has renewed interest and contr...
WHY AN AIR FORCE? TOWARD NEW THINKING ON SERVICE ARCHITECTURE — A PODCAST
When the military is pressed into offering solutions, one of the things that comes out of the tool kit is airpower, because we have an entire bureaucracy dedicated to airpower. War Room welcomes Dr. Rob Farley,
LEARNING STRATEGY BY WALKING THE GROUND — A PODCAST
It’s not that we learn from the past, it’s that we use the past to better understand our present. In this podcast, military historian Len Fullenkamp reflects on the importance of immersing oneself in the minds of strategic leaders facing dynamic and c...
U.S. INTERESTS IN ITS GEOGRAPHIC PERIMETER, PAST & PRESENT — A PODCAST
Down south, one or two degrees of temperature doesn’t mean anything, but in the High North it means the ice freezing or starting to melt, and that’s a real problem for a lot of people. The Arctic may be a very cold region,
episode 16: GROWING AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING CAPACITY
The Deputy Commandant of KAIPTC discusses the complexities of peace operations in Africa that complicate the requirements and tasks of peacekeepers.
episode 15: RIDGWAY'S MEMO: "WHY WE ARE HERE" (DUSTY SHELVES)
Con Crane and Jacqueline Whitt examine the leadership of LTG Matthew B. Ridgway as he rebuilt the fighting spirit of a broken Eighth U.S. Army in the Korean War
episode 14: PROTECTING HUMAN DIGNITY IN WAR: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
War Room welcomes special guest Martin Lacourt, the senior armed forces delegate to the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) regional delegation to the US and Canada. In addition to discussing the role the ICRC plays in monitoring conflict ...
episode 13: CAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DO ‘EVERYTHING’? DISPELLING THE MYTH
A Better Peace explores the misperception that special operations forces are capable of resolving all national security dilemmas without the need for conventional forces.
episode 12: ON BEING A 'DIFFERENT' KIND OF COMMAND -- AFRICOM AT 10 YEARS (PART 2)
In this War Room podcast, Ambassador Alexander M. Laskaris, current civilian deputy to the commander, reflects on the uniqueness of the command and growing importance of interagency cooperation, a hallmark of AFRICOM’s first decade.
episode 11: MAHAN AND SEA POWER -- GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 4)
In this fourth episode of War Room’s special series on Great Strategists, Patrick Bratton explores Alfred Thayer Mahan's The Influence of Seapower upon History and its relevance to the 21st century. Writing at the turn of the 20th century,