About this episode

Field Marshall Lord Richards discusses military strategy and interventions with historian Hew Strachan.

Join Field Marshall Lord Richards as he talks to military historian Hew Strahan his book ‘Retreat from Strategy’, the recent UK Defence Review, the conflict in Ukraine, and success of British and western military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, since his own victorious one into Sierre Leone in 2000. Featuring: Field Marshall Lord RichardsHew Strahan Beyond Borders Scotland: https://www.beyondbordersscotland.com More From Field Marshal Richards: David Richards, Julian Lindley-French (2024) The Retreat from Strategy (Hurst) at:https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-retreat-from-strategy/ Audio Editor: Aedan Wilson

People in this episode

Guests: Field Marshall Lord Richards, Hew Strachan

Topics covered

• military history
• UK Defence Review
• conflict in Ukraine
• military interventions
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Sierra Leone

Keywords

• military history
• UK Defence Review
• conflict
• interventions
• Hew Strachan
• Field Marshall Lord Richards
• Sierra Leone
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Libya

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Beyond Borders Scotland, Hurst

Books & works: Retreat from Strategy

Places: UK, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Sierra Leone

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