The Evolution of Warfare with Sir Lawrence Freedman

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🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

From the stone age to current day, from sticks and rocks to drones and artillery - the nature of warfare has changed drastically throughout history. Over the years, technology and societal organisation have transformed the battlefield. Dan talks to Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, a professor of war studies at King's College London about the evolution of warfare. Professor Freedman takes the temperature of the war in Ukraine from the point of view of history, examining the patterns of recent years.

This episode was produced by Beth Donaldson, the audio editor was Dougal Patmore.

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0:33.3	Hi buddy, welcome down to Snow's History Hit.
0:36.1	You know, have you read about the First World War?
0:37.9	You see historians go, look at these stupid genitalities people,
0:42.0	politicians in general, they fail to learn the lessons of the revolution they've gone on,
0:46.7	the industrial revolution, the military revolution in 19th century,
0:49.4	they've enabled armies to deliver unimaginable amounts of firepower on enemy targets
0:55.0	to cause terrible casualties.
0:57.4	You look at the Americans of war, you look at the Russo-Japanese war,
1:01.9	you can even look at the Crimean and some colonial wars as well.
1:05.3	And you would have realised, hopefully, if you'd been a close observer
1:08.1	that something very radical was happening.
1:11.0	Future wars would not be decided at battles
1:13.5	like the Battle of Lypsig or Waterloo.
1:16.1	Technology, societal organisation,
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