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 megaphone.fm/adchoices