Ep 73 War Machine & Charlie Wilson’s War (Part 1) feat Tom Secker

Around The Empire

Tom Secker joins the show for this two-part series as we compare and contrast two movies: War Machine and Charlie Wilson’s War. We talk about Afghanistan, wars, history, geopolitics, movies, the involvement of the national security state in the entertainment industry and more. A great conversation that is interesting and informative, both serious and light-hearted at varying times and is packaged into two episodes (available in full in advance for patrons).

Tom Secker is a writer, researcher and podcast host from Northern England, who specialises in the intelligence services, Hollywood and the history of terrorism. He hosts the ClandesTime podcast and is the author of two books, including National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood. Find his work and ways to support that work at spyculture.com and patreon.com/tomsecker.

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Recorded on October 18, 2018. Music by Fluorescent Grey.

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Reference Links:

1. War Machine (2017), IMDB
2. Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), IMDB
3. Did the CIA rewrite Charlie Wilson's War?, Tom Secker
4. The Cinema of the Soviet-Afghan War, Tom Secker
5. How to Catch Brzezinski in a lie, Tom Secker
6. Towards an International History of the War in Afghanistan, 1979-1989, Christian F. Ostermann, Mircea Munteanu, The Wilson Center
7. National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood, Tom Secker
8. 06/23/10 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show
9. 04/21/09 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show
10. Brzezinski’s Afghan War and the Grand Chessboard, The Real News Network
11. The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan, Michael Hastings
12. The Runaway General, Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings
13. The Brzezinski Interview with Le Nouvel Observateur (1998), D. Gibbs, University of Arizona