Recorded: October 14, 2018

For non-subscribers, here is a 25+ minute preview of Radio War Nerd episode 153 with Max Abrahms. In this episode, the War Nerd talks to terrorism expert Max Abrahms about his new book, "Rules For Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History" - a study of various rebel groups in different contexts that boils down strategies that work, versus strategies that are proven failures. Abrahms also talks to us about his early career in the Washington DC think-tank world during the leadup to the Iraq War. We also discuss some of Max's controversial articles on the Syrian war, Syrian refugees, and all the comfortably-employed pundits who got ISIS disastrously wrong. Great, wide-ranging interview. . . 

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