John Spencer

Editor’s Note: Since Israel’s entry into Gaza after the massacres of 10/7, we have strongly counseled taking military educatoin/information/understanding from military experts – chief among them John Spencer (@SpencerGuard), Chair of Urban Warfare Studies (@warinstitute) and Executive Director, Urban Warfare Institute. What is a war crime? Who can call it? Armed Conflict Must Exist – […]

Friend of the JPC Shana Meyerson recently talked with John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point and Co-Director of the Urban Warfare Project.  In this live conversation, they discuss the humanity and morality of war and warfare and how it relates to Israel, the Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, […]