Hindsight and Foresight: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on Irregular Warfare and Counterinsurgency

August 11, 2023 00:53:46
Hindsight and Foresight: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on Irregular Warfare and Counterinsurgency
Irregular Warfare Podcast
Hindsight and Foresight: A Twenty-Year Retrospective on Irregular Warfare and Counterinsurgency

Aug 11 2023 | 00:53:46

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Show Notes

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In what ways do irregular warfare and counterinsurgency overlap? Is China engaged in irregular warfare against its adversaries? What are some of the failures of the wars and conflicts of the last twenty years and why did they occur? What do IW practitioners need to do to avoid the mistakes and to ensure they learn the hard-won lessons of the last twenty years in IW and COIN? This episode explores these deeply important questions and features a conversation with two of the leading experts on the subject: David Kilcullen and John Nagl.

 

Intro music: "Unsilenced" by Ketsa

Outro music: "Launch" by Ketsa

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