Radio War Nerd EP 285 — World of Wars, June 2021

Recorded: June 23, 2021 The War Nerd & Ames do a roundup of the latest in wars: Tigray genocide & insurgency; British-Russia Black Sea kerfuffle; postwar elections in Armenia; Imran Khan & China; Khashoggi's Saudi assassins trained by Cerberus Capital subsidiary under US State Dept program; Afghanistan withdrawal. After the break, we discuss books we've recently been reading. Books & articles referenced: The Iran-Iraq War, by Pierre Razoux Decline and Fall of the Sasanian Empire: The Sasanian-Parthian Confederacy and the Arab Conquest of Iran, by Parvaneh Pourshariati The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, by Abolqasem Ferdowsi Ropes of Sand: America's Failure in the Middle East, by Wilbur Crane Eveland BLOOD SUCKING FREAKS: THE RIGHTWING BILLIONAIRES AT CERBERUS CAPITAL LITERALLY SUCK BLOOD FROM THE POOR, by Mark Ames Total time: 1:47:47 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here