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Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon

Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon

FromSchool of War


Ep. 10: Shane Brennan on Xenophon

FromSchool of War

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Dec 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Shane Brennan, associate professor of history at the American University in Dubai, joins the show to discuss the new Landmark edition of Xenophon's Anabasis, which he co-edits. The Anabasis, long unjustly neglected, is Xenophon's classic memoir of war and command in the lands which today constitute Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.

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01:26 - Introduction

05:07 - Who was Xenophon

06:09 - Late 5th century Athens

09:07 - Prince Cyrus of Persia

12:17 - The Greek's position and Xenophon's rise to leadership

16:46 - The army's path though Syria, Iraq and Turkey

20:42 - The end of Xenophon's expedition

23:42 - Xenophon's lessons for military leadership today

27:40 - Importance of Xenophon's work



Recorded December 9, 2021
Released:
Dec 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.