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Ep 102: Paul Edgar on the Warfare of the Ancient Near East
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Paul Edgar, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a scholar of ancient Near Eastern warfare, joins the show to talk about war and peace in the old days—the very old days.
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• 02:58 Introduction
• 10:07 Olmsted
• 16:00 The Bronze Age
• 22:07 Verifying history
• 27:12 Idrimi
• 35:03 How did they fight?
• 39:46 Tactics of the time
• 42:34 Continuities in geopolitics
Here is a link to the article discussed today
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Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
152 episodes
Manage episode 389011778 series 2998419
Paul Edgar, Executive Director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas-Austin, a veteran of the U.S. Army, and a scholar of ancient Near Eastern warfare, joins the show to talk about war and peace in the old days—the very old days.
▪️
Times
• 02:58 Introduction
• 10:07 Olmsted
• 16:00 The Bronze Age
• 22:07 Verifying history
• 27:12 Idrimi
• 35:03 How did they fight?
• 39:46 Tactics of the time
• 42:34 Continuities in geopolitics
Here is a link to the article discussed today
Follow along on Instagram
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
152 episodes
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