Show Notes
Bing West looks back on a lifetime of war and policy, from serving as a Force Recon Marine in Vietnam and writing The Village to working in the Reagan administration and covering Iraq and Afghanistan alongside U.S. troops. We also discuss why America keeps repeating the same strategic mistakes, the rise of autonomous warfare, the growing challenge from China, and whether today’s conflicts are converging into something much larger.
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"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"
– Start
– Growing Up Around Marines & Joining the Corps
– Becoming a Marine Officer & Writing Small Unit Action in Vietnam
– Force Recon Deep Inside the DMZ
– Living and Fighting With a Combined Action Platoon
– Nearly 400 Days Inside a Vietnamese Village
– How the Combined Action Platoons Actually Worked
– Tet Offensive & Fighting at Night
– Seven Marines Killed in a Single Night
– Writing The Village During the Vietnam War
– The Tactical Lessons Bing Took From Vietnam
– Force Recon, Stealth & Operation Stingray
– Why Bing Blames Lyndon Johnson for the War’s Failure
– Could the U.S. Have Won the Vietnam War?
– “If You Go to War, You Have to Fight to Win”
– Why the War Could Have Been Won at the Squad Level
– Henry Kissinger & the End of South Vietnam
– Why America Keeps Repeating the Same Mistakes in War
– The “Jupiter Complex” of American Power
– H.R. McMaster, Vietnam & Repeating Old Mistakes
– America’s Debt Crisis & the Coming Defense Squeeze
– China, Defense Spending & the Future of Warfare
– AI, Autonomous Weapons & Killing Legacy Systems
– What the Fall of Rome Can Teach America
– AI CEOs, Power & the New “Jupiter Complex”
– Working for Ronald Reagan
– Reagan, Somalia & Confronting Soviet Influence
– The Final Years of the Cold War
– Central America, Oliver North & Reagan-Era Proxy Wars
– Iraq, Jim Mattis & the March to Baghdad
– Fallujah & the Decision to Halt the Marines
– Why You Can’t Fight a War Halfway
– The Fatal Problem of Enemy Safe Havens
– Pakistan, the Taliban & Why Afghanistan Couldn’t Be Won
– Afghanistan: “The Wrong War”
– Why Jim Gant Was the Exception, Not the Rule
– Cat 5 & the 2033 War
– China, Taiwan & America’s Coming Strategic Crisis
– Why the Pentagon Must Move Toward Autonomous Weapons
– Are Ukraine, Gaza & Iran the Prelude to World War III?
– Russia, China, Iran & North Korea Against the U.S.
– Should America Station Troops in Taiwan?
– Cat 5: The 2033 War
– Bing’s Next Projects
– The Last Platoon & Writing Afghanistan as Fiction
– Jack’s The Most Dangerous Man
– Closing Thoughts
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Grab Bing's books here: https://a.co/d/0iGKYJRo
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Support the show here:⬇️
https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse
___________________________________________________
ORDER JACK'S NEW BOOK "THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN"
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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/paperback/
Subscribe to the new EYES ON podcast here:⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnGeopoliticsPod/featured
__________________________________
Jack Murphy's book "We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History" ⬇️
https://www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chapters-Special-History-ebook/dp/B0DCGC1N1N/
——————————————————————
Or make a one time donation at: ⬇️
https://ko-fi.com/theteamhouse
Social Media: ⬇️
The Team House Instagram:
https://instagram.com/the.team.house?utm_medium=copy_link
The Team House Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TheTeamHousePod
Jack’s Instagram:
https://instagram.com/jackmcmurph?utm_medium=copy_link
Jack’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/jackmurphyrgr?s=21
Team House Discord: ⬇️
https://discord.gg/wHFHYM6
"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio"
– Start
– Growing Up Around Marines & Joining the Corps
– Becoming a Marine Officer & Writing Small Unit Action in Vietnam
– Force Recon Deep Inside the DMZ
– Living and Fighting With a Combined Action Platoon
– Nearly 400 Days Inside a Vietnamese Village
– How the Combined Action Platoons Actually Worked
– Tet Offensive & Fighting at Night
– Seven Marines Killed in a Single Night
– Writing The Village During the Vietnam War
– The Tactical Lessons Bing Took From Vietnam
– Force Recon, Stealth & Operation Stingray
– Why Bing Blames Lyndon Johnson for the War’s Failure
– Could the U.S. Have Won the Vietnam War?
– “If You Go to War, You Have to Fight to Win”
– Why the War Could Have Been Won at the Squad Level
– Henry Kissinger & the End of South Vietnam
– Why America Keeps Repeating the Same Mistakes in War
– The “Jupiter Complex” of American Power
– H.R. McMaster, Vietnam & Repeating Old Mistakes
– America’s Debt Crisis & the Coming Defense Squeeze
– China, Defense Spending & the Future of Warfare
– AI, Autonomous Weapons & Killing Legacy Systems
– What the Fall of Rome Can Teach America
– AI CEOs, Power & the New “Jupiter Complex”
– Working for Ronald Reagan
– Reagan, Somalia & Confronting Soviet Influence
– The Final Years of the Cold War
– Central America, Oliver North & Reagan-Era Proxy Wars
– Iraq, Jim Mattis & the March to Baghdad
– Fallujah & the Decision to Halt the Marines
– Why You Can’t Fight a War Halfway
– The Fatal Problem of Enemy Safe Havens
– Pakistan, the Taliban & Why Afghanistan Couldn’t Be Won
– Afghanistan: “The Wrong War”
– Why Jim Gant Was the Exception, Not the Rule
– Cat 5 & the 2033 War
– China, Taiwan & America’s Coming Strategic Crisis
– Why the Pentagon Must Move Toward Autonomous Weapons
– Are Ukraine, Gaza & Iran the Prelude to World War III?
– Russia, China, Iran & North Korea Against the U.S.
– Should America Station Troops in Taiwan?
– Cat 5: The 2033 War
– Bing’s Next Projects
– The Last Platoon & Writing Afghanistan as Fiction
– Jack’s The Most Dangerous Man
– Closing Thoughts
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support.
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