# Trump’s Generals Must Be Willing to Sacrifice Their Careers (w/ Elliot Cohen) | Command Post

An episode of [Bulwark Takes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1794450472), 17 Oct 2026, 52 min.

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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) and Ben Parker welcome Eliot Cohen to discuss what makes great leaders, the dysfunction inside Trump’s Pentagon, and the difficult choices facing military officers. Drawing on lessons from Churchill, Afghanistan, and Iraq, they explore why wars go wrong, how to recognize victory, and what history teaches us about military strategy. Preorder The Strategist on Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-strategist-how-to-think-about-war-and-politics-eliot-a-cohen/207ebf9c4bf5d10f Preorder The Strategist on Amazon: https://a.co/d/06DERJxH Watch Shield of the Republic: https://www.shieldoftherepublic.com/

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