Books to Battles
Hosted by Wendy Whitman Cobb and Cory Hollon and Hollon and Whitman Cobb · School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
5.0from 16 ratings
- 57
- Episodes
- 55
- Transcribed
- 16
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Books to Battles
Books to Battles is the official podcast of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS), where rigorous academic thought meets real-world military application. In each episode, we'll take you inside our school to explore its courses, students, and faculty. We'll show how foundational ideas—from classic works of strategy to cutting-edge scholarship—inform the development and execution of air and space power in today’s complex strategic environment. Join us as we bridge the gap between theory and practice, bringing deep intellectual insight to the art of war in the air and beyond. All views expressed in this series are the speakers' own and are not necessarily reflective of the Department of Defense, the US government, or any other affiliated organizations.
- Publisher
- School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
- Category
- education · government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Jun 2025
- Latest episode
- 4 Nov 2026
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After America's First Battles
Published 4 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it led to, and I think one of the beautiful things about first battles as a book is that it's both a history work and one that serves a very practical purpose for the army so it tells that story in the evolution of preparing for first battles over time it also led to what I think is one of the weaknesses of that book which is that it focuses primarily on the word battle and by that it means the first tactical action relatively loosely defined of the war what We saw when we talked about what might be a follow-on to that was that this question of tactical effectiveness, while vitally important, is not the only thing that matters in warfighting. […]
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Wendy Whitman Cobb and Cory Hollon and Hollon and Whitman Cobb host the show. Published by School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.
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