{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Military History","slug":"new-books-in-military-history-435149","podcast_index_feed_id":435149,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/TLBd5Iy4","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/military-history/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/adebe220-0377-46b7-a4c7-0b19a9c05667/085f7349-ec7d-4632-bcd8-0a0cb87a5aac/3000x3000/7c1e11e0eb67956c95a920d8b9325daf.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history","last_synced_at":"2026-10-02T08:23:31.431756+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-military-history-435149"},"episode":{"title":"Richard Ned Lebow, \"Why Nations Still Fight\" (Cambridge UP, 2026)","slug":"richard-ned-lebow-why-nations-still-fight-cambridge-up-2026","published_at":"2026-08-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-military-history-435149/richard-ned-lebow-why-nations-still-fight-cambridge-up-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-military-history-435149","url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/politics-society/military-history/","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/adebe220-0377-46b7-a4c7-0b19a9c05667/episodes/637ca99c-150a-45ae-b10b-53403179eb0c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=adebe220-0377-46b7-a4c7-0b19a9c05667&awEpisodeId=637ca99c-150a-45ae-b10b-53403179eb0c&feed=TLBd5Iy4","summary":"Drawing on an original data set of interventions and wars from 1945 to the current day, as well as numerous short case studies, Richard Ned Lebow offers a novel account of their origins and outcomes - one that emphasises miscalculation, failure to conduct meaningful risk assessments, and cultural and political arrogance. A successive work to Why Nations Fight (2010), in this book Why Nations Still Fight (Cambridge UP, 2026) he explains why initiators routinely lose militarily and politically when they resort to force, as well as accounting for why the great powers, in particular, have not learned from their failures. Lebow offers both type- and region-specific forecasts for the future likelihood of interventions and wars. His account reveals the inapplicability of theories nested in the realist and rationalist paradigms to the study of war. He argues what is needed instead is an \"irrationalist\" theory, and he takes the initial steps in this direction. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history","meta_description":"Drawing on an original data set of interventions and wars from 1945 to the current day, as well as numerous short case studies, Richard Ned Lebow offers a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4249,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-military-history-435149/episodes/richard-ned-lebow-why-nations-still-fight-cambridge-up-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-military-history-435149/richard-ned-lebow-why-nations-still-fight-cambridge-up-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}