214: Nick Laidlaw of Battles and Beers

War Stories with Preston and Sayre

19-08-2022 • 50 mins

We are joined by Nick Laidlaw. Nick is a former Marine Infantryman, who from that experience, now has a passion to share the extremes of the human experience in warfare. His website, Battles and Beers shares stories of the men, women, and civilians who have gone willingly or unwillingly into harm’s way.

Nick is also the author of What War Did to Us, Combat Through Their Eyes a collection of short vignettes spanning from 1914 to present. He has interviewed men from both sides of almost every major war since 1939. He has had nearly 200 conversations with men from 20+ different armies, including the Taliban. We enjoyed this conversation with a fellow GWOT veteran telling such human stories.

Battles and Beers:

https://battlesandbeers.org/

What War Did to Us, Combat Through Their Eyes:

https://www.amazon.com/WHAT-WAR-DID-US-Through/dp/B09MC8NQ9D


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