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476 episodes transcribedThe recent terror attacks in Paris shook the world and put the focus back on Islamic State. This week on War College, we talk with American Special Op...
Many in the West think of the Islamic State as a loose collection of fighters -- rabble who kill, loot and burn. But the truth is more complex, though...
The host of the Hardcore History podcast joins War College to discuss some of the most powerful figures in history - men and women who burned down the...
America’s Special Operations Forces have become instrumental in the war against radical Islam. But few in America know their story or how they operate...
The annexation of Crimea, the war in eastern Ukraine and the military operation in Syria present the image of a confident Russian President Vladimir P...
None of the world’s great powers were ready for the carnage World War I. The armies of 1914 looked a lot like the armies of 1814 … but they didn’t go...
The need for armies, both ancient and modern, to travel long distances to thwart enemies and take territory has made militaries one of the driving fac...
It’s the world’s most famous weapon, popular with soldiers, insurgents and video gamers alike. As many as 100 million of the world's guns are descende...
War College talks to author and journalist Robert Young Pelton talks about the waves of immigrants washing up on the shores of Europe and why things h...
This week’s War College examines the state of Iran’s conventional military, as well as its guiding strategies. Jason Fields, Matthew Gault and Robert...
There are approximately 1,000 satellites currently in orbit, but how many of them are really weapons in disguise?Support this show http://supporter.ac...
This week’s War College looks at nuclear threats around the world and whether U.S. strategy has kept up. Thomas Nichols, a professor at the U.S. Naval...
This week War College looks at some of the weirdest weapons that the U.S. military came up with for use during the Vietnam War. While the nuclear rifl...
To understand just how strong China’s military really is, it’s important to understand its true mission and objectives. And those are very different f...
Drones linger over battlefields all over the world, and over places that don’t realize that they’re battlefields until the Hellfire missiles strike.&n...
The United States plans to replace all of its fighter jets with the F-35 in the next decade or so, at a cost estimated to be at least $1 trillion. But...
