Episode Notes We discuss the Israeli emergency in its latest iteration in the horrific attacks by Hamas into Israel in October 2023 and the simmering conflict bands that are emerging globally in which this is another explosion in the global conflict rift. For those...
Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Ep 026 “Review and Discussion: Tattoo Zoo by Paul Avallone”
by Bill Buppert | Oct 2, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes Every war has a seminal novel, a book that really resonates with generation that wrote it and the following generations from the Iliad to Gore Vidal's historical fiction to The Centurions by Jean Larteguy to From Here to Eternity by James Jones to this...
Ep 025 “Technicals: Toyotas Go To War””
by Bill Buppert | Sep 18, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes In the one year anniversary episode (!), we chat about the use of thin-skinned vehicles in the modern age and the asymmetric nature of the fight. The employment of commercially produced vehicles for conduct of raids and ambushes employing a wide array of...
Ep 024 “The Other Fight: Understanding the Conventional Conflict””
by Bill Buppert | Sep 4, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes I take the time to discuss some of the conventional ramifications of modern warfare and book recommendations that have given me a deeper and more nuanced understanding of why wars begin and end as they do. References: Sun Tzu The Art of War Carl von...
Ep 023 “Afghanistan: The Soviet Debacle 1978-1989”
by Bill Buppert | Aug 21, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes The defeat of the USSR in Afghanistan was part of a broad tapestry of disasters that eventually brought the Russian communist state crashing down. The shattering of Soviet forces by the indigenous rebels aided by foreign fighters and sophisticated...
Ep 022 “Review and Discussion: Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On””
by Bill Buppert | Aug 7, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes We examine the Day of the Rangers: The Battle of Mogadishu 25 Years On by Leigh Neville and Matt Eversmann to discuss the book, the event and what led up to the event. References: Leigh Neville & Matt Eversmann Day of the Rangers: The Battle of...
Ep 021 “Review and Discussion: Jack Hinson’s One-Man War by Tom C. McKinney “
by Bill Buppert | Jul 24, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes We discuss the book, guerrilla and insurgency warfare during the American war in 1861-65, the atrocity cycle, guerrilla math and the hopelessness of occupation avoiding the injury of civilians. References: Tom McKinney Jack Hinson's One-Man War, A Civil...
Ep 020 “COIN Malpractice: Lessons Never Learned, Part One”
by Bill Buppert | Jul 10, 2023 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes It appears the West just can't get counterinsurgency right. I talk about some of the framework ideas that would be good lessons learned for those who I think wisely and would try to avoid COIN. The major takeaway is that insurgencies are rather...