S4E16: Alanbrooke, Churchill's Right-Hand General with Dr Andrew Sangster
The relationship between Winston Churchill and his leading military advisor, the abrasive General 'Shrapnel' Alan Brooke (1883–1963), was one of the most productive yet tensest in the history of civil...
30 Jan 202432min
S4E15: Generals Lee and Grant: Great Strategists of the American Civil War with Dr Christian Keller
Generals Ulysses S Grant and Robert E Lee commanded the opposing armies in the American Civil War, each the greatest military leader of their own side. Products of the Academy at West Point, they were...
16 Jan 202433min
S4E14: Lord Peach: Evolving, Adopting and Adapting Alliance Strategy
Air Chief Marshal Lord Peach, the former Chair of NATO's Military Committee and architect of NATO's first new military strategy in 50 years, joins us to discuss the process of strategy-making in an Al...
2 Jan 202438min
S4E13: Sergey Gorshkov, Architect of the Soviet Navy with Captain (ret.) Dr Kevin Rowlands
Admiral Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov (1910–1988) was a celebrated hero of the so-called Great Fatherland War (1941–1945). He was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy from 1956 until 1985, which he bui...
19 Des 202331min
S4E12: Tecumseh: America's First Whole-of-Society Strategy with Dr Kori Schake
In an epic achievement, Shawnee chief Tecumseh (1768–1813) brought together warring Native American tribes to stand up against the European settlers as they were pushing further West. His strategy inc...
5 Des 202333min
S4E11: Napoleon Bonaparte: Soldier, Strategist, Emperor with Professor Alan Forrest
Napoleon is admired as one of the greatest strategists ever; he won most of his battles and dictated the terms of the peace treaties that ended his individual wars. Yet in the end, he was defeated, an...
21 Nov 202333min
S4E10: Michiel de Ruyter: The Modest Admiral Who Kept the English at Bay with Dr David 'J.D.' Davis
Hailing from humble origins, Michiel Adrienszoon was later given the surname de Ruyter, the 'raider'. His greatest triumph was the Battle of Solebay in 1672. There he launched a pre-emptive strike aga...
7 Nov 202333min
S4E9: Catherine the Great: Russia's Black Sea Expansion
Catherine II of Russia prided herself on being called 'emperor', not 'empress'. Having dumped her weak husband, she deployed her lovers strategically: one she made king of Poland, one she sent to conq...
24 Okt 202333min
