Episode 1: Americans Fought Well in Afghanistan. How Come We Didn’t Win?

Jun 9, 2021 · 30m 47s
Episode 1: Americans Fought Well in Afghanistan. How Come We Didn’t Win?
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From childhood suburbia to the frontlines of major wars in Africa and Middle East, David Wood describes his family background and astonishing journey of reporting America’s wars from the midst...

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From childhood suburbia to the frontlines of major wars in Africa and Middle East, David Wood describes his family background and astonishing journey of reporting America’s wars from the midst of the worst protracted battles of the 21st century. He explores the allure of war that initially inspired his reporting, and how his experiences embedded with troops demonstrated a state of war as “going kinetic” as a catastrophic escalation of killing with little resolution. In his quest for answers, David discovers real ambivalence about war from military leaders as diverse as Eisenhower and Churchill, two powerhouse leaders of the “Great War” WWII, who, in the end concluded that “after all the exertions and sacrifices of hundreds of millions of people and of the victories of the Righteous Cause, we still have not found peace or security.” Yet the efforts of the great men and women in the military continue to achieve human victories in the midst of horrendous odds. David vividly brings these stories to life with great relevance to today’s warfare.
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