American Troops Navigate Complicated Political Realities in Iraq
This week, producer Kevin Knodell walks us through his recent reporting in Iraq.https://coffeeordie.com/american-troops-iraq/You can listen to War College on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow ou...
17 Tammi 202024min
How to Down a Drone
Drones are everywhere. Military drones buzz war zones dropping missiles; surveillance drones hover above neighborhoods, looking for anything out of place; even now, commercial drones hide in holiday w...
8 Tammi 202038min
The Afghanistan Papers and the Unwinnable Forever War
Last week the Washington Post published The Afghanistan Papers—a blockbuster piece of reporting that details every little thing about what’s gone wrong with the Afghanistan War. As the war grinds thro...
20 Joulu 201937min
ICYMI - What Star Wars Can Teach the American Military
Luke Skywalker is a household name. Carl von Clausewitz not so much. Learning about the military—especially about strategy and tactics—is a jargon filled slog. War has a language all its own and for d...
13 Joulu 201933min
How 3-D Printers Could Spread Weapons of Mass Destruction
We are living on the precipice of a manufacturing revolution. 3D Printing is more than just a hobby your weird rich friends use to make guns, it’s the dawn of a new process of prototype and creation. ...
6 Joulu 201938min
Pardoning War Criminals Is Not 'Sticking Up for Our Armed Forces'
Happy Thanksgiving and thanks for tuning into this special podcast. Last week was a busy one for President Trump and the military. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer was fired. Or did he quit? No, ...
27 Marras 201936min
How America's Refugee Policy Hurts its War Effort
Refugees. People from countries in crisis fleeing oppression and death. America was once a beacon to the world’s tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But things have changed. In the l...
20 Marras 201931min
How the AK-74 Became a Fashion Statement
If there’s been a recent throughline or theme on this season of War College, it’s that war has changed. And it’s not just conflict, but the way we cover conflict. Increasingly, people are using open s...
11 Marras 201926min
