Lessons Lost in Time

By: William Murray
  • Summary

  • In The Lessons Lost in Time podcast, I will analyze how political and military leaders tried to solve some of history’s toughest problems, draw out key lessons from their experience, and apply those insights to current geopolitical issues.

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    William Murray
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Episodes
  • E.012 First Chechen War 1994
    Feb 18 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from a Russian border war following the end of the Cold War?

    I hope you’re ready to join me and my close friend Anthony Benedosso in discussing the First Chechen War and how the lessons of phase zero operations, controlling the narrative, and proxy warfare apply to us today.



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    30 mins
  • E.011 Greenland & Panama - The Art of the Deal
    Jan 29 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from previous United States expansion experiments that can shed some light on why and how the US might acquire the sovereign territory of the Panama Canal from Panama and Greenland from Denmark?

    I hope you're ready to join me for today’s episode to discuss how the lessons of strategic timing, leveraging long-term potential, clear objectives, and diplomatic finesse apply to us today.


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    37 mins
  • E.010 How the Syrian Rebels Defeated Assad
    Jan 7 2025

    What lessons can we uncover from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 that the Syrian Rebels used to take down the Assad regime in Syria?

    I hope you're ready to join me for a special episode to discuss how the lessons of:

    1.The Shifting Role of Outside Powers, 2.Uniting Old Enemies Against a Common Foe, 3. Financial Incentives and Undermining Assad’s Forces, 4. Breaking Ties with Extremism and 5. Breaking the Enemy’s Will apply to us today.


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    39 mins

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