Optimism in America’s Forever War
Marty Skovlund Jr. first went to Afghanistan as an Army Ranger. This year he returned as a journalist. His reports offer a sharp contrast to the main narrative about a place that’s been at war for dec...
18 Dec 201731min
Social Media Has Changed War Forever
War. War has changed.Anyone can keep up to date with the latest conflict on Twitter. Facebook is a great place to watch the propaganda game of entire countries unfold. YouTube amplifies previously mar...
12 Dec 201734min
How a Medieval Battle Invented English Pride and Made the Longbow a Legend
On a Summer day in 1346, a small army of upstart British peasants cut the heart out of the French aristocracy. That’s the story anyway.The Battle of Crécy was one of the most important of the Hundred ...
5 Dec 201744min
ICYMI: Talking About Russian Propaganda in 2015
As Jason and Matthew sleep off their holiday induced Turkey Comas, War College presents an episode from the early days of the show. Here’s what we said back then—The media in Russia is lively, often e...
27 Nov 201732min
America’s Secret Nuclear Upgrades
If you just look at the number of warheads, the U.S. nuclear arsenal is a small fraction of the size it was during the Cold War. But is that even the right measure anymore? This week on War College, R...
20 Nov 201723min
A Deadly Warrior’s Peaceful Homecoming
War is hell and the people who fight often have a hard time coming home. Kevin Lacz didn’t. Lacz is a former U.S. Navy SEAL who served alongside Chris Kyle in the battle of Ramadi. He survived, came h...
13 Nov 201730min
The Apocalyptic Religion of Stalin’s Russia
Joseph Stalin’s Bolsheviks were atheists. At least in the traditional sense. But that didn’t mean they didn’t believe in prophecy. In fact, it was prophecy that guided their nearly every action.If peo...
6 Nov 201731min
Congress No Longer Sends America to War
An ambush killed four U.S. Special Operations soldiers in the North African country of Niger. Before the incident, few Americans had ever heard of Niger and fewer knew American soldiers were fighting ...
30 Okt 201735min
