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The Civitas Podcast

Episode 27: Technology and Why Conservatism Failed | A Conversation with Jon Askonas

Feb 11, 2025
01:00:49

James Wood and Peter Leithart have a conversation with Jon Askonas. 

Jon Askonas is an assistant professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America, where he works on the connections between the republican tradition, technology, and national security. He is currently working on two books: A Muse of Fire: Why the U.S. Military Forgets What It Learns in War, on what happens to wartime innovations when the war is over and The Shot in the Dark: A History of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, the first comprehensive overview of a unit that helped the Army adapt to the post 9/11 era of counterinsurgency and global power competition. His writing has appeared in Russian Analytical Digest, Triple Helix, The New Atlantis, Fare Forward, War on the Rocks, and the Texas National Security Review.  

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Technology for the American Family

by: Jon Askonas
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