November 01, 2021
Lessons From Iraq, Afghanistan: Why The U.S. Got It So Wrong
Retired U.S. Army colonel Christopher D. Kolenda in conversation with StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale about his just launched book ‘Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War’.
Watch the full interview at StratNews Global.
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