Radio War Nerd

Guest: Terrence Peterson Recorded: September 6, 2024 We talk to historian Terrence Peterson about myths & realities of France's counterinsurgency in Algeria, and COIN grifters from David Galula to David Petraeus. Buy Terrence's book Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsu

Guest: James McDougall, author & professor Recorded: September 24, 2019 Judging by subscriber requests over the years, you can't call yourself a true war nerd podcast until you've covered the famous France-Algeria War of the 1950s. Lucky for us, we're joined by Oxford U. history professor James McDo