Editor’s Note: In celebration of our 500th episode premiering last week, we are revisiting some of our most impactful stories from the archives. Whether you are hearing it for the first time or the fifth, this episode represents the foundation of what we’ve built together over the years. Thank you for being part of this journey to 500. Enjoy this look back.
A BETTER PEACE welcomes Brian Linn and Conrad Crane to discuss the inter-war periods throughout U.S. history and what they’ve meant to the further development of the U.S. Army. WAR ROOM Editor-in-Chief JP Clark joins them to look at how post-war versus pre-war mindsets have guided leadership over time.
The Army prides itself on being able to learn, but it also has shown throughout history it also forgets pretty quick too.
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Brian Linn is a Professor of History and the Ralph R. Thomas Professor in Liberal Arts, at Texas A&M University. He specializes in military history and war and society in the 20th century.
Con Crane is a military historian with the Army Heritage and Education Center.
JP Clark is an associate professor of military strategy teaching in the Basic Strategic Art Program. He served in the army for twenty-six years as an armor officer and strategist. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in history from Duke University, an M.S.S. from the Army War College, and a B.S. in Russian and German from West Point. He is the author of Preparing for War: The Emergence of the Modern U.S. Army, 1815-1917 (Harvard, 2017). He is currently working on a history of U.S. military strategy in the Pacific from 1898 to 1941 that is under contract with the University Press of Kansas. He is the 3rd Editor-in-Chief of War Room.
Photo Description: American servicemen and women gather in front of “Rainbow Corner” Red Cross club in Paris to celebrate the conditional surrender of the Japanese on August 15, 1945.
Photo Credit: U.S. Army Photo
