Frederick Kagan on the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at home
February 1, 2015
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as posted by the channelHow the "surge" strategy for Iraq in 2006 was devisedand a look at the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and on the home front. Click "Show more" to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit
Chapter 1 (0:15 – 24:47): Planning the Surge
Chapter 2 (24:47 – 39:37): Soldiers and civilians
Chapter 3 (39:37 – 58:45): David Petraeus in command
Chapter 4 (58:45 – 1:12:49): How the Army learns
Chapter 5 (1:12:49 – 1:28:28): West Point Education
Chapter 6 (1:28:28 – 1:34:26): How great was Napoleon?
Director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute, Fred Kagan is a foreign policy strategist and military historian. In this conversation, Kagan and Kristol discuss the strategy for the troop surge in Iraq in 2006/07, which Kagan helped devise. The two also consider the state of the U.S. military today, including how it operates in wartime, how it educates its cadets, and how it interacts with civilians.
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