Radio War Nerd EP 586 — Air Power & The Escalation Trap, feat. Robert Pape

Guest: Robert PapeRecorded: March 3, 2026 We talk to air war expert Robert Pape about the strategic failures of air wars in the age of precision weapons, the escalation trap the failure presents, and how it relates to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Subscribe to Prof. Pape's substack, Escalation Trap.Buy his book Bombing To Win: Air Power & Coercion in WarFollow Prof. Pape on Twitter. Total time: 1:01:09Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Buy & review John Dolan's new book, They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio