🎧 Laying Siege
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Besieging a city is often thought to be an antiquated strategy, lost to technological advances and the complexity of modern conflict. In this episode, however, Major Amos C. Fox tells us about the modern continuation of siege warfare, their similarities and differences, and where the reluctance to label them sieges comes from. Amos Major in the U.S. Army and a graduate of the U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies, Ball State University, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.
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