Ep. 85 – Inside the Long, Brutal Fight to Recapture Mosul

September 17, 2019 00:42:27
Ep. 85 – Inside the Long, Brutal Fight to Recapture Mosul
Modern War Institute
Ep. 85 – Inside the Long, Brutal Fight to Recapture Mosul

Sep 17 2019 | 00:42:27

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Show Notes

In this episode of the MWI Podcast, MWI's John Amble speaks to James Verini. An award-winning journalists, he spent months reporting from Mosul as Iraqi forces, backed by US troops, fought to retake the city from Mosul. That's the subject of his new book, The Will Have to Die Now, and of the conversation in this episode.

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