Politics & War with Lawrence Freedman

My guest this week is the distinguished historian Sir Lawrence Freedman. He is the author of a new book, ⁠Command⁠: ⁠The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine⁠, and so we discuss the relationships and characters involved in conflicts post 1945. We talk Douglas MacArthur & Korea, the French in Indochina and Algeria, Kennedy and his generals, Ariel Sharon and his tyrannical tendencies, and the British approach. Lawrence takes a high level view, and so this is not a military tactics discussion, more how important personalities are, as opposed to political persuasion. Don't forget, you can claim your 50% discount on an ⁠annual subscription⁠ to the Aspects of History e-Magazine using the code HISTORY50% at checkout -remember to add the product first. Lawrence Freedman Links ⁠Command⁠ ⁠Lawrence on Twitter⁠ Aspects of History Links ⁠Ollie on Twitter⁠ ⁠Subscriptions @ Aspects of History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices