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General James McConville: Not Fighting the Last War Better

General James McConville: Not Fighting the Last War Better

FromWestern Way of War


General James McConville: Not Fighting the Last War Better

FromWestern Way of War

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In co-operation with the Irregular Warfare Initiative of the Modern War Institute, Peter Roberts sat down for a conversation with Chief of Staff of the US Army General James C McConville, Laura Jones and Kyle Atwell on where and how the US Army is adapting to new challenges, why land forces are poorly funded between wars, and whether armies of more limited size can walk and chew gum (that is, fight the sub-threshold and prepare for high-intensity combat operations).
Released:
Aug 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (78)

A collection of discussions with those in the Profession of Arms that tries to understand the issues around how to fight, and succeed, against adversaries in the 2020s. We pose the questions as whether a single Western Way of Warfare (how Western militaries fight) has been successful, whether it remains fit for task today, and how it might need to adapt in the future? It is complemented by the ‘Adversarial Studies’ project that looks at how adversaries fight.