# Is This War With Lebanon Different? (with Matti Friedman)

An episode of [EconTalk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/135066958), 16 Dec 2024, 1 h 10 min.

Audio: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/6fdba516-8381-43b0-b29f-59d05512b693/episodes/72db7a11-234a-4484-9153-ab3576fa8658/audio/9522f4ca-d7ae-42b8-9ace-9e5379422428/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=wgl4xEgL

Is Israel's war with Lebanon going to end differently from past attempts to secure Israel's northern border? Journalist Matti Friedman, who recounted his experience as a soldier in Lebanon in his book Pumpkinflowers, reflects on that experience in light of current events and looks to the future in this conversation with EconTalk's Russ Roberts.

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