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    Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War

    Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War

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    Ep 33: Steven Pressfield on the Truth about War

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    Length:
    48 minutes
    Released:
    Jun 14, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Steven Pressfield, author of A Man at Arms and Gates of Fire, joins the show to talk about writing historical fiction, telling the truth about war, and why the hardest part of art is “doing the work” .

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    • 01:38 Introduction
    • 03:49 Why Historical Fiction?
    • 08:25 Creating The “Distant Mirror”
    • 12:12 Special Forces 
    • 14:17 Characters 
    • 19:44 A Man at Arms 
    • 22:01 Post-Warrior Life  
    • 23:46 The Warrior Ethos
    • 27:20 Society Needs, But Doesn’t Want, Warriors
    • 32:52 Citizen-Soldier 
    • 34:10 Reading History 
    • 37:48 Characters Are Uncovered, Not Made
    • 40:19 The War Of Art
    • 45:52 Telling Stories
    Released:
    Jun 14, 2022
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    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.