Land Warfare Strategy

Voted Britain’s ‘greatest general’ by the National Army Museum in 2011, ‘Uncle Bill’ Slim led the XIVth Army from defeat to victory.

Lieutenant General George Flynn describes how his friend and former boss General Gray, the 29th Commandant, transformed the US Marine Corps’ warfighting, ethos and capabilities.

Join podcast guest Professor Eitan Shamir as he examines Moshe Dayan's controversial role in Israeli politics, highlighting his strategic prowess and critical missteps in 1973.

Lt Gen Diego Luis Suñer, Chief of the Argentine Army from 2016-2018 joins us to talk about this national hero of Argentina, Chile and Peru, José de San Martín.

Discover the contrasting leadership styles of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War in this week's episode with podcast guest Dr Christian Keller.

Join Professor Alan Forrest in a compelling discussion with podcast hosts Beatrice and Paul on Napoleon's enduring 'system of war' as interpreted by Jomini and Clausewitz.

Professor Gunnar Åselius explores the life of King Gustavus Adolphus, a strategic commander whose victories in the Thirty Years' War marked a turning point for Protestantism in Europe.

Dr Louis Rawlings helps podcast hosts Beatrice and Paul dissect Julius Caesar as a strategist and as a political animal.

Dr Adam Storring helps us understand Frederick II of Prussia, a complicated man, who like Xerxes and Alexander III before him, was obsessed with outdoing and outshining his father.

Professor John Laband, world-leading expert on Zulu history, joins us to discuss the most powerful king in southern Africa during the pre-colonial period.

Dr John O. Hyland joins Paul and Beatrice to discuss fifth-century BC Persian ruler Xerxes I, whose royal progress took him to the Western boundaries of his empire.

Veteran and military historian Dr Angelo Caravaggio joins Paul and Beatrice to discuss Subotai, the brains behind Genghis Khan’s vision of conquest.

Discover the influence of Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow on military science with our guest, Dr Arthur Kuhle, as we analyse his complex legacy and lasting contributions.

Join Dr Daniel Whittingham and podcast hosts Beatrice, and Paul as they explore Major-General Sir Charles Edward Callwell's imperialist views and insights on counterinsurgency.

Join Beatrice Heuser and Paul O’Neill in Season 3 of Talking Strategy as they examine Antoine-Henri Jomini's influence on military thought with Professor Echevarria.

Dr Bradley Potter explores the impact of Liddell Hart, a First World War captain who wrote to avert future conflicts and their devastation.

Join Professor Matthew Strickland and post hosts Beatrice and Paul as they explore Gerald of Wales, a pivotal cleric and royal chaplain to King Henry II in 1184.

Join Dr Élie Tenenbaum, Beatrice, and Paul as they explore the insights of two French strategists on political and psychological warfare in COIN operations.

Join us as we analyse Niccolò Machiavelli's Art of War with our guest, Professor Maurizio Viroli, focusing on the republican values that underpin this influential work.

Professor Gudrun Persson joins Paul and Beatrice as they explore the life and strategic contributions of General Aleksandr Svechin, a pivotal figure in military history.

Professor Malik Mufti, a specialist on the politics and international relations of the Middle East, discusses two medieval Muslim works of exemplary scholarship and erudition.

Paul and Beatrice are joined by Dr Peter Lorge, Associate Professor of Premodern Chinese and Military History, to discuss the impact of Sun Tzu.

Join us with podcast guest Dr Ofer Fridman as we explore the insights of Genrikh Leer and Evgeny Messner, pivotal authors now influencing Russian military strategy.

Join Beatrice Heuser and Paul O’Neill in a compelling discussion on Clausewitz's intellectual legacy, examining the lasting impact of this influential military theorist.

Dr Jonathan Abel, Assistant Professor of Military History, explores the life and works of Guibert, the father of Napoleon’s Grande Armée, in this insightful episode.

Professor Stig Förster joins hosts Professor Beatrice Heuser and Paul O'Neill to discuss the controversies surrounding the German strategists: von der Goltz, von Schlieffen and Bernhardi.