In this episode of Facing Coming Storms, we talk varying multinational approaches military ethics with CHACR director Major General Andrew Sharpe, Colonel Dennis Katolin of the US Marine Corps, Colonel Matthias Strohn of the German Army Reserve (also head of historical analysis at CHACR) and Michelle Richards, former British army officer and CEO of Leadership Alchemy.
What You’ll Discover
– Armies and Society: The importance of maintaining higher standards and values than the societies they serve, and the challenges of separation.
– Speaking Truth to Power and Ethical Leadership: The tension between following orders, mission command, and having the moral courage to question when necessary.
– Lessons from Different National Traditions: British, American, and German perspectives on values, from the citizen in uniform to the warrior ethos and post-conflict behaviour.
Facing Coming Storms is brought to you by the British Army’s Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, in partnership with the Project for the Study of the 21st Century, and produced by Urban Podcasts.
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