About Samuel Canter

Sam Canter is a policy and strategy analyst, PhD candidate, and Army Reserve intelligence officer.

Sam Canter is a policy and strategy analyst, PhD candidate, and Army Reserve intelligence officer.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Samuel:

David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, "Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare From 1945 to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine" (Harper, 2023)

April 12, 2024

Conflict

David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts
Hosted by Samuel Canter

In this deep and incisive study, General David Petraeus, who commanded the US-led coalitions in both Iraq, during the Surge, and Afghanistan and forme…

Jeffrey A. Friedman, "The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in US Foreign Policy" (Cornell UP, 2023)

January 14, 2024

The Commander-in-Chief Test

Jeffrey A. Friedman
Hosted by Samuel Canter

Americans frequently criticize US foreign policy for being overly costly and excessively militaristic. With its rising defense budgets and open-ended …

Michael O'Hanlon, "Military History for the Modern Strategist: America's Major Wars Since 1861" (Brookings, 2023)

July 1, 2023

Military History for the Modern Strategist

Michael O'Hanlon
Hosted by Samuel Canter
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The recent conclusion to the war in Afghanistan — America’s longest and one of its most frustrating — serves as a vivid reminder of the unpredictabili…

Bleddyn E. Bowen, "Original Sin: Power, Technology and War in Outer Space" (Oxford UP, 2022)

March 17, 2023

Original Sin

Bleddyn E. Bowen
Hosted by Samuel Canter

Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, d…

Michael A. Hunzeker, "Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front" (Cornell UP, 2021)

November 16, 2022

Dying to Learn

Michael A. Hunzeker
Hosted by Samuel Canter

In Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front (Cornell UP, 2021), Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militari…

Robert W. Tomlinson, "The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy: The Case of the Yom Kippur War" (Lexington, 2022)

July 27, 2022

The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy

Robert W. Tomlinson
Hosted by Samuel Canter

How do military organizations learn? Robert W. Tomlinson's book The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy (Lexington, 2022) cover…

David P. Oakley, "Subordinating Intelligence: The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship" (UP of Kentucky Press, 2019)

June 14, 2022

Subordinating Intelligence

David P. Oakley
Hosted by Samuel Canter

In the late eighties and early nineties, driven by the post–Cold War environment and lessons learned during military operations, United States policy …