The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg


The Men of the 20th Century Lost the Plot | Interview: Andrew Lambert

November 13, 2025

Jonah Goldberg invites the greatest naval historian of our time, Andrew Lambert, aboard the H.M.S. Remnant (The Dispatch's flagship podcast) to sit on deck and discuss the Royal Navy. Lambert treats Jonah to a whirlwind tour, encompassing 19th-century British grand strategy, the liberal tendencies of sea powers, and the lessons British naval history holds for America today.

Shownotes:
No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One
The British Way of War: Julian Corbett and the Battle for a National Strategy
Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict That Made the Modern World

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