British Army major and Sandhurst lecturer Andrew Fox recently spent a week with the Israel Defense Forces including a day inside Gaza. He was struck by the IDF's control of Gazan territory and shocked by the level of physical devastation. Listen as Fox and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss Fox's analysis of Israel's performance in the Gazan war, why Fox believes that Israel is succeeding, and what he thinks Israel's critics get right and wrong.
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Today is August 8, 2024.
My guest is military strategist, journalist and former soldier Andrew Fox.
He writes on Substack.
His site is simply called Andrew Fox's substack.
For 16 years, he was an infantry officer.
He twice commanded an infantry platoon in Afghanistan and a fire support group in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
He commanded training platoons at the Royal Military Sandhurst, which is the British West Point, although Andrew would probably say West Point's the British Sandhurst.
He wrote the syllabus from which all british army officers are still taught how to plan military operations, and he served with the Green berets in Afghanistan.
There's more, but I think you get the idea that Andrew has seen seen a few things.
Andrew, welcome to Econ Talk.
Thank you very much.
Great to be here.
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