AN URBAN WARFARE EXPERT TELLS US HOW TO DEFEND A CITY [EPISODE 211]

The Russian-Ukraine war had raged for over a month now. I asked urban warfare expert, John Spencer to come on the show to tell us how he would defend a city from a hostile force. If you are not familiar with John, here are some highlights of his bio:
• Award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran
• Internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare and other military related topics
• Considered the world’s leading expert on urban warfare
• Advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy
• Chair of Urban Warfare Studies with the Madison Policy Forum
• Recently served as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point
• Co-Director of the Urban Warfare Project, and host of the Urban Warfare Project podcast
• Served over twenty-five years in the active Army as an infantry soldier, Spencer has held ranks from Private to Sergeant First Class and Second Lieutenant to Major
• His assignments as an Army officer included two combat deployments to Iraq as both an Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Commander, a Ranger Instructor with the Army’s Ranger School, a Joint Chief of Staff and Army Staff intern, fellow with the Chief of Staff of the Army’s Strategic Studies Group, and Co-Founder, Strategic Planner, and Deputy Director of the Modern War Institute at West Point.
• Spencer holds a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University
• Spencer is also a regular military analyst and commentator for CNN, MSNBC, BBC, and numerous news and media organizations
• Connect via Twitter @SpencerGuard

In this episode, he will talk about :
• The power of small groups
• Making yourself invisible
• Closing the castle gates
• Looking down and digging tunnels
• How to keep the enemy out
• Using surprise to your advantage as the defender
• What is more likely to kill you (it’s not bombs or bullets)
• And much more…
How would you defend Mariupol or Kyiv or any other Ukrainian city from the Russians if you had to defend Ukraine?

Listen to John's Urban Warfare Project podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/urban-warfare-project/id1490714950
As you know, we are focused on the topic of Leadership in the Russian-Ukrainian war. I wrote a book focused on Zelenskyy’ leadership and you can find it here on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Need-Ammunition-Not-Ride-Volodymyr-ebook/dp/B09VVW3NSV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6YHOEVZ983NQ&keywords=i+need+ammunition%2C+not+a+ride&qid=1647625321&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C4098&sr=1-1
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