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Special guest Amy Schafer joins us for the full show and highlights her fabulous research on the civil-military divide in America (and dishes on the Air Force Tops in Blue). Then we celebrate the liberation of Mosul, walk through the North Korean missile test, and wonder what exactly happened at the G20 meetings. Also on the table: Whither our Afghan strategy? And Erin gets giddy over space marines. Stick around for our “Game of Thrones” preview!*

*By which we mean fan-girl shouts of joy and anticipation.

Reading:

• Generations of War, Amy Schafer, CNAS
• “The ISIS Killers,” Mike Giglio, Buzzfeed
• “Mosul: What the Decade’s Largest Battle Says About the Future of War,” Defense One Staff, Defense One
• “These Mindblowing Photos Reveal the Horror of the Islamic State War,” Liz Sly, The Washington Post
• “ISIS: A catastrophe for Sunnis,” Liz Sly, The Washington Post
• “Inside the Collapse of the Iraqi Army’s 2nd Division,” Yasir Abbas and Dan Trombly, War on the Rocks
• “Scared About North Korea? You Aren’t Scared Enough,” Toby Harshaw, Bloomberg
•  “North Korea’s ICBM: A New Missile and a New Era,” Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang, War on the Rocks
• “Looking For Details On Syria Ceasefire? Don’t Ask US Military,” Nancy Youssef, Buzzfeed
• “A proposed new military branch would send US troops to guard the galaxy,” CNN
• “My Top Ten Favorite Space Marines,” A Space Blog Odyssey

Image: NASA