- 134
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 56
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About War 102
Teaching the doctrine, theory and history of warfare and how to use it in sports, business and life. https://www.reddit.com/r/War102Podcast/
- Publisher
- Paul Darling
- Category
- business · education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 May 2024
- Latest episode
- 18 Oct 2026
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18 of 134 episodes have a transcript.
18 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 128; The Rise of Saudi Arabia
11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 127; Clausewitz Book 6, Defense
4 Oct 2026
Episode 126; America and Cuba
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Episode 128; The Rise of Saudi Arabia
Published 18 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The fact that our Middle Eastern policy is set by oil sheiks and not the Knesset is so rarely talked about, in fact, speaks volumes. The dynasty's origins lie in 1744, when Muhammad ibn Saud, the emir of the oasis town of Diriyah in Central Arabia, sheltered the extremist preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and pledged to defend his call for a purified, strictly monotheistic Islam. The pact joined political ambition to religious mission, and the resulting movement expanded with amazing speed. By the early 19th century, Saudi Wahhabi forces had overrun almost all of the Arabian interior, raided deep into Iraq, sacked the Shia shrine of Karbala in 1802, and captured Mecca and Medina, striking directly at the prestige of the Ottoman Sultan as custodian of the Holy Cities. […]
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