John Spencer is chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, co-director of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project and host of the “Urban Warfare Project Podcast.” He served for 25 years as an infantry soldier, which included two combat tours in Iraq. He is the author of the book Connected Soldiers: Life, Leadership and Social Connection in Modern War and co-author of Understanding Urban Warfare. See his Substack.
