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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:

Military History July 1, 2023

Military History for the Modern Strategist

America's Major Wars Since 1861

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 unpredictability and tragedy of war …
National Security March 17, 2023

Original Sin

Power, Technology and War in Outer Space

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, drawing public attention away from …
Military History November 16, 2022

Dying to Learn

Wartime Lessons from the Western Front

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 militaries learn. He focuses on the Western …
National Security July 27, 2022

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

The Case of the Yom Kippur War

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) covers an important instance of military learning in which the …
National Security June 14, 2022

Subordinating Intelligence

The DoD/CIA Post-Cold War Relationship

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 makers made intelligence support to the military the …