Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Strategic Culture

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:37:28War, culture and the decision to use forceQ&A
  2. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:59:28A decisive battle mattered only if the enemy negotiatedNotable Point
  3. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    28:00When personal grievance replaces state strategyNotable Point
  4. Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?
    1:19:39The proposed effect of an early Axis splitNotable Point
  5. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    6:38:05Fear of cultural destruction in Japan's decision for warNotable Point
  6. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    7:00:03The long memory behind Japanese fear of AmericaQ&A
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    3:41:18Perry's black ships and the Japanese memory of American diplomacyQ&A
  8. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    34:06Japan misread democratic resolve and war aimsNotable Point
  9. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    4:46The High Seas Fleet fought its image of BritainNotable Point
  10. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    44:08Coronel confirmed the wrong British stereotypeNotable Point
  11. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:38:22Why Japan could not force a negotiated Pacific settlementQ&A
  12. If not Pearl Harbour?
    1:02:16Mutual misunderstanding made diplomacy more dangerousNotable Point
  13. Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War
    1:06:16Perry's expedition remained part of Japanese strategic memoryNotable Point
  14. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    18:08The danger of reading restraint as weaknessNotable Point
  15. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    37:18The recurring folly of a decisive surprise attackNotable Point
  16. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    1:01:49Future strategy must absorb change without assuming war is tamedChapter
  17. Thoughts on Problems for Future of Strategy from a Naval Historian
    1:04:51Strategy cannot assume everyone sees risk alikeNotable Point
  18. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    40:23Using siege mentality as a strategic heuristicNotable Point
  19. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    55:48Cruiser policy as a chain of reactions rather than a strategyNotable Point
  20. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    1:03:00Did American prejudice help cause the Pacific War?Q&A
  21. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    19:22A persistent siege mentality distorted Ottoman judgmentNotable Point
  22. Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…
    32:16Roman supremacy creates a strategic blind spotNotable Point
  23. Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina
    11:38Why victory meant something different in Italy and JapanNotable Point
  24. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    1:59:52The strategic complacency between Khitomer and Wolf 359Notable Point
  25. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    19:57Japanese admirals understood the odds against themNotable Point
  26. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    30:54Could Japan fight only to force a negotiated peace?Q&A
  27. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    41:15Nagano's fatalist case for fighting a stronger powerNotable Point
  28. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    49:42Peace, disarmament, and strategic hubrisNotable Point
  29. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    1:14:29Capability cannot replace force structure and resolveNotable Point
  30. Battle of the Aegates, 241BC: Deciding the First Punic War (Long Patrol)
    32:38Carthage and Rome expected wars to end differentlyNotable Point
  31. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:32:52The flaw in a one-sided war-of-choice doctrineNotable Point
  32. Some Sunday Naval Books
    6:46The British way of war as strategyChapter
  33. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    31:05Surprise and reading an opponent's historyNotable Point
  34. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    15:14Why strategic theory must escape friendly silosNotable Point
  35. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    4:32:59China's port investments as an alternative naval support networkNotable Point
  36. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:35:18Strategy must fit national circumstancesChapter
  37. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    26:42Kessen doctrine as an answer to industrial limitsQ&A
  38. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    38:42Kantai Kessen was not simply Mahan plus the Jeune ÉcoleQ&A
  39. A Book or Two to Review (31):
    15:14Testing political promises: glitz or granite?Notable Point
  40. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    3:00:09Do not assume China would fight on Western termsQ&A
  41. A Book or Two to Review (23): Rome's Great Eastern War
    10:12Why apparently minor interests can trigger warNotable Point
  42. A Book or Two to Review (23): Rome's Great Eastern War
    15:36Understand the enemy and yourselfNotable Point
  43. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    19:32Confederate and Japanese leaders misread American resolveNotable Point
  44. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    4:05:23Science fiction separates strategy from inherited loyaltiesNotable Point
  45. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result
    16:14Deterrence can fail against preconceived national ambitionChapter
  46. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result
    19:07Deterrence requires interpreting a country's strategic psychologyNotable Point
  47. Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?
    1:47:33Why Kitchener would not spare an army for GallipoliQ&A
  48. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:46:29Coercive policy without a wartime defensive mindsetNotable Point