The Cult of the American Military Academy

Journalist Jasper Craven joins the show today to talk about his new book God Forgives, Brothers Don’t. The book is a deep dive into the history of the American military academy and how it has shaped the country’s conception of manhood. Craven’s investigation led him from Valley Forge to West Point, uncovered a strange 20th century Joe Rogan who changed his name so it sounded like a lion’s roar, and landed him multiple interviews with Graham Platner.

• A brief history of Jasper Craven
• Where lost boys fly
• The Nancy Mace skeleton key
• From West Point to the Citadel
• “The gentleman soldier”
• Army engineers as public relations campaign
• Bernarr Macfadden
• Masculinity, American style
• The Scabbard and the Blade
• Officers versus enlisted
• “Send me”
• “What the military does is create powerful bonds between men.”

God Forgives, Brothers Don’t

The Complications of Graham Platner’s Veteran Identity

Battle of the Sexes

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