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James Lacey is the Professor of Strategy at the Marine Corps War College. He also holds the Horner Chair of War Studies at Marine Corps University. Prior to taking this position he was a widely published senior analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Washington, D.C. Lacey served over a dozen years on active duty as an infantry officer and is retired from the Army Reserves. Lacey is the author of "Moment of Battle" (Bantam), "The First Clash" (Bantam), "Takedown: the 3rd Infantry Division’s 21-Day Assault on Baghdad" (Naval Institute Press), "Pershing" (Palgrave-Macmillan) "The Making of Peace" (Cambridge University Press) and "The Making of Grand Strategy" (Cambridge University Press) and "Keep from all Thoughtful Men" (USNI, 2010) He also has a trilogy of works on global terrorism, published early in 2008 (Naval Institute Press). His three most recent books are "Great Strategic Rivalries" (Oxford, 2017), "The Washington War," dealing with the relationship between FDR, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the War Cabinet during WW II Bantam, 2019), and "Gods of War," dealing with those times in history when great captains have fought each other, published in May 2020. His book, "Rome: A Strategy for Empire," is forthcoming (Oxford, JAN 2022).
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    • Rome

    • Strategy of Empire
    • By: James Lacey
    • Narrated by: Joel Richards
    • Length: 18 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 27-06-2023
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    • The Year God Died

    • Jesus and the Roman Empire in 33 AD
    • By: James Lacey
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 20-05-2025
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    • The First Clash

    • The Miraculous Greek Victory at Marathon and Its Impact on Western Civilization
    • By: James Lacey
    • Narrated by: Mike Cooper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-2024
    • Language: English
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