FP on the radio (and the Daily Show!)

Posted By Joshua Keating Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 12:14 PM Share

Yesterday was a big media day for FP writers. Nathaniel Fick and John Nagl, authors of The Counterinsurgency Field Manual: Afghanistan Edition, appeared on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, a topic that seems all the more pressing with this morning's news. Listen here:

Then, our very own Best Defense blogger Tom Ricks sat down with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show to discuss his new book, "The Gamble." Check it out to hear how the U.S. has become "the Rodney King of Iraq" and what General Petraeus learned from Aretha Franklin:

EXPLORE:AFGHANISTAN, FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE, IRAQ
 

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