Introducing Social Science of War

Modern War Institute

John Amble

Government, News

4.7 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

We're thrilled to announce a new podcast, launched in partnership with West Point's Department of Social Sciences, called Social Science of War. Each episode will leverage a unique strength of the department—pairing deep practical experience with leading scholarship—to tackle subjects of importance to the Army. In this episode, John Amble speaks briefly to Colonel Heidi Demarest, acting head of the Department of Social Sciences, and Major Kyle Atwell, who teaches in the department and will serve as the host for season one of the new podcast. After introducing the show, you'll hear the very first episode in its entirety, in which Kyle is joined by retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling, former commander of US Army Europe, and Dr. Rob Person, an associate professor of international affairs at West Point. They explore what the Army should be learning about the future of land warfare from the ongoing war in Ukraine. Enjoy the conversation and be sure to subscribe to Social Science of War wherever you listen to podcasts!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the MWI podcast. I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI, and you're not
0:05.6	getting the normal MWI podcast intro on this episode, because it is not a normal episode. We have a new
0:12.4	podcast to introduce. It's called Social Science of War. You'll be able to find it now on the
0:16.7	MWI website, and we are thrilled to be involved with it, but it's a production of West Point's
0:21.5	Department of Social Sciences. In a few minutes, you'll hear the very first episode. We're playing
0:27.0	that for you partly because we have a large audience, something we're grateful for and we want
0:31.8	to help bring attention to this new and exciting podcast series, but also because this first
0:36.6	episode addresses a topic that I'm sure
0:38.5	our listeners you all will be interested in. It's about land warfare and what we can learn about
0:43.3	its future from the war in Ukraine. But before we hear that episode, I want to welcome
0:47.7	Colonel Heidi Demarest and Major Kyle Atwell to the conversation. Both are from the Department
0:52.4	of Social Sciences, and I asked them to join
0:54.4	me to talk a little bit about the new podcast, it's Genesis, and what any of you who subscribe to
0:58.8	it can expect. Heidi and Kyle, thanks to both of you for being here. Thanks for excited also.
1:05.1	Yeah, John, thanks for having us on today. So Heidi, you are currently the acting head of the Department
1:09.8	of Social Sciences here at West Point.
1:11.4	Kyle, you teach in the department.
1:13.3	I am super excited about this podcast.
1:15.6	I'm excited to talk to you about it a little bit today.
1:18.3	Again, in a few minutes, listeners are going to hear the first episode of the new podcast.
1:22.8	But first, you know, the majority of our listeners, the vast majority of our listeners, are not at West Point.
1:27.7	Maybe don't know a lot about the various organizations or specific academic departments that we have here.
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