Ep 139: Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. on CENTCOM

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General Kenneth F. McKenzie, USMC, retired as the fourteenth commander of U.S. Central Command in 2022 and is the author of The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century. He joins the show to talk about the strategic significance of the Middle East.

General Kenneth F. McKenzie, USMC, retired as the fourteenth commander of U.S. Central Command in 2022 and is the author of The Melting Point: High Command and War in the 21st Century (https://a.co/d/a2RmIDK). He joins the show to talk about the strategic significance of the Middle East.▪️Times     •      01:16 Introduction     •      01:38 The Citadel    •      04:15 The humanities    •      10:00 Central Command       •      13:43 Thinking globally    •      17:53 Iran pushes back    •      23:05 Pursuing peace    •      26:15 Afghanistan    •      32:01 Collapse    •      37:58 A regional warFollow along on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack

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