John Spencer is joined on this episode by retired General David Petraeus. He served thirty-seven years in the US Army, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, including five in combat. He served as the commander of coalition forces in Iraq during the troop surge there, commander of US Central Command, and commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan. Following his retirement from the Army, he served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He earned a PhD from Princeton University and is the coauthor of the recent book Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. He brings both scholarship and deep, firsthand experience fighting enemy forces in urban ares to this conversation.
Urban Policing 101
Multi-Domain Operations at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center
Understanding Global Cities
Attacking the City of Dara Lam
A Talk With The US Army’s Underground Warfare Expert
A Senior Enlisted Perspective on Combat in Megacities
Attacking the City of Razish
Fighting ISIS in the City
Is Urban Combat the Great Equalizer?
Feral Cities, Pandemics, and the Military
When War Goes Underground
Preparing the Military for the Complexity of Megacities
The Battle of Sadr City, March–May 2008
Protecting Civilians in Urban Combat
Army Doctrine and the Urban Battlefield
Out of the Mountains, Revisited
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