The Battle of Musiyeeb, Leadership Lessons, and MilTwitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Chris Tuck, an expert in land warfare and tactics, delves into the complexities of maneuver warfare and its strategic implications. He contrasts traditional attrition tactics with modern maneuver strategies, stressing the importance of adaptability in evolving conflicts. Tuck discusses the role of land forces and historical perspectives shaping current military operations. Additionally, he warns against overreliance on technology, using the Ukraine conflict as a key example of the future challenges in warfare.

"The Making of a General: Ike, the Tank, and the Interwar Years": https://armyhistory.org/the-making-of-a-general-ike-the-tank-and-the-interwar-years/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

J.F.C. Fuller, The Foundations of the Science of War (https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/Foundationsof-Science-of-War.pdf)Brian Holden Reid, J.F.C. Fuller Military Thinker (https://www.amazon.com/JFC-Fuller-Military-Thinker-Strategic/dp/0333530144) Tim Holden, Cautionary Tales, Episode 6: How Britain Invented, Then Ignored Blitzkrieg(https://omny.fm/shows/cautionary-tales-with-tim-harford/how-britain-invented-then-ignored-blitzkrieg) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First CenturyCommand: The Twenty-First Century General'Urban Insurgency in the Twenty-First Century: Smaller Militaries and Increased Conflict in Cities,' International Affairs 98:2 (2022).'Will Inter-State War Take Place in Cities?', Journal of Strategic Studies 45:1 (2022). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Emulating Underdogs: Tactical Drones in the Russo-Ukrainian War," Contemporary Security Policy (2023), https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2023.2257964."Learning on the Fly: Drones in the Russo-Ukrainian War," Arms Control Today (January/February 2023), https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2023-01/features/learning-fly-drones-russian-ukrainian-war.https://kerrychavez.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Chavez-UAS-in-Urban-Attacks.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Text used in this podcast:Robert Citino, Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2007). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Exploring the role of sieges in modern, and future armed conflict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moving Beyond Mechanical Metaphors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Books discussed in this episode:B.H. Liddell Hart, The Ghost of Napoleon (London: Faber and Faber, 1933).Carl von Clausewitz, On War (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1984). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.