Author: John Amble

MWI Podcast: Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and a Shadow War

John Amble | 09.21.24 | MWI Podcast

On the afternoon of September 17, the first reports began spreading online. Small explosions had...

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Podcast: The Spear – Combat in a Technological War

John Amble | 09.11.24 | The Spear

In 2011, Brennan Deveraux was a lieutenant on his first deployment. He was in Iraq, but the war...

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MWI Podcast: The Modern Commander

John Amble | 09.06.24 | MWI Podcast

Would Patton or Montgomery be effective battlefield commanders in the twenty-first century? Does...

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Podcast: The Spear – A Helicopter and an IED

John Amble | 08.28.24 | The Spear

Regular listeners of The Spear will know that the majority of the stories we feature are from the...

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MWI Podcast: Israeli-Iranian Rivalry and the Middle Eastern Security Landscape

John Amble | 08.24.24 | MWI Podcast

On July 30, an Israeli strike near Beirut, Lebanon killed a senior Hezbollah commander. The next...

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