Two idiots attempt to understand the complexities of War using their own, unique senses of dark humour and complete idiocy. We can't guarantee you will learn something, but we can guarantee you'll laugh at an idiot...at some point...we hope. From the team that brought you The Dead Prussian.
The idiots discuss ethics and how they relate to war.
The idiots look into the history of territorial disputes over the South China Sea.
The Idiots explore the concept of Information Warfare.
The idiots explore the history of cyber warfare from the early days of hacking through to modern cyber operations.
The Idiots review the Spike Lee Vietnam War film, Da 5 Bloods.
The idiots explore Effects Based Operations, a shortlived and controversial operational framework.
The Idiots examine the history of the conflict along the China-India border.
The Idiots address 5G technology, its relationship to national security, and how the conspiracy theories impact that relationship.
The Idiots remove Aussie Vietnam War film, Dangr Close: The Battle for Long Tan
The Idiots discuss the controversial terms of hybrid warfare and grey-zone conflict, relating them to current conflicts.
The Idiots discuss Grand Strategy and it's context in a post COVID19 world.
The idiots explore the latest branch of the US military, the US Space Force!
The idiots review the Same Mendes film 1917.
The Idiots discuss Climate Change, the facts, the opinions, the supporters, the deniers and the effect all this has on war, conflict, and military operations.
The idiots explore the artificial intelligence field of Machine Learning and the possibile influence it will have on war and warfare.
The idiots discus COVID 19 and the appropriateness of using war as a metaphor in a pandemic.
In this episode the Idiots discuss the recent removal of the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.
After a two year hiatus, the idiots return and attempt to live stream the premier episode of Season 2. They failed, but recorded it and published it anyway.
The idiots broadly discuss the Vietnam War and the myths, mistruths and facts surrounding it. They also talk about some entirely unrelated topics for some reason.
The idiots try and understand counter-insurgency. Is it a War? Is it a plane? Is it a super complex system of applying political and military techniques in conflicts that have politico-socio-cultural nuances that must be contextualised? Probably not.
The idiots attempt to grapple with Multi-Domain Battle and all the cybery, spacey complexity that comes with it.
The idiots look back at Operation Market Garden and discuss the utility of airborne forces.
Our hosts prove their total idiocy by their rather limited attempt to classify war.
The idiots review one of 2017s biggest war films, Wonder Woman.
The idiots grapple with the staff officer's nightmare, the Centre of Gravity...Thanks CvC...Thanks.
The idiots study the lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbour in the Second World War.
The idiots try and understand manoeuvre theory and whether it is different from attrition.
In this episode the Idiots attempt to understand the difference between the character and nature of war/
The idiots review the Netflix movie of the moment, War Machine.
The idiots tackle the topic of Mission Command. A topic that is often discussed, often painful, and, maybe, a little misunderstood.
The Idiots try to understand what 'strategy' is. Try being the operative word...
In this, the first of the review episodes, the idiots review the movie, Hacksaw Ridge. They are no Pomeranz & Stratton, but they do have an opinion.
Have you read The Peloponnesian Wars? Our idiots have, or at least parts thereof. That's right ladies and gentleman, it is time to go Greek!
Resident idiots Mick & Rich attempt to tackle an ancient treatise on war. That's right, they are pulling out the big guns and take aim at Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Welcome to the first episode of War For Idiots!!! In this episode, our hosts, Rich & Mick, introduce themselves and the show. They also take some time to talk about the granddaddy of military theory Big Carl von Clausewitz.
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