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Guerrillas, Redcoats, and Empire: Understanding Asymmetric Warfare
The Redcoat History Podcast
46 minutes
2 months ago
Guerrillas, Redcoats, and Empire: Understanding Asymmetric Warfare
How do you beat an enemy who refuses to fight by the rules? From ambushes in the forests of North America to the frontier wars in Africa, the British Army faced enemies who fought small, fast, and ruthless. We now call it asymmetric warfare — the clash between the strong and the weak, the lion and the fly.
In this episode of Redcoat History, I sit down with Dr Jacob Hagstrom — former U.S. Army officer and author of Asymmetric Warfare (Cambridge University Press). We explore how Redcoats struggled, adapted, and sometimes failed when fighting foes who didn’t line up on open fields. Expect stories from the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Cape Frontier as well as a discussion about the recent campaign in Afghanistan.
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The Redcoat History Podcast
The podcast for military history geeks and people with a passion for good stories