Shane Brennan, Associate Professor of History and Classics at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh and author of Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History, joins the show to talk about why the Anabasis remains an important part of the Western canon of military writing.▪️Times     •      01:30 Introduction     •      02:05 Dubai to Bangladesh    •      05:37 Xenophon’s start      •      09:25 Several levels of failure    •      12:37 “An exemplary Socratic student”      •      14:40 Fighting for the Persians    •      17:18 Cyrus the Younger        •      20:46 A leader emerges      •      29:41 “How was he so right?”     •      36:43 Matterhorn    •      38:33 Exile    •      42:01 An instruction on leadership    •      44:16 “There is always something there…”Follow along  on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War SubstackFollow the link to buy the book - Xenophon's Anabasis: A Socratic History