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Theaters of War

But Robb's work inspired other researchers like Matthew Alford, who set out to get a full...

But Robb's work inspired other researchers like Matthew Alford, who set out to get a full sense of the operation

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But Robb's work inspired other researchers
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like Matthew Alford, who set out to get
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a full sense of the operation.
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7 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:47
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that t...
And this is two decades, three decades after these things - Theaters of War 00:07
And this is two decades, three decades after these things
And Strub can say to me, oh, we don't have that documentation. - Theaters of War 00:06
And Strub can say to me, oh, we don't have that...
We've given it to Lawrence Suid. - Theaters of War 00:05
We've given it to Lawrence Suid.
ROGER STAHL: So he picked up the trail - Theaters of War 00:09
ROGER STAHL: So he picked up the trail
But nervous because I've just spent a large amount of money - Theaters of War 00:08
But nervous because I've just spent a large amount of...
And I've spent over $1,000 to come to a library. - Theaters of War 00:04
And I've spent over $1,000 to come to a library.
ROGER STAHL: There, he found the public collection of DOD - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: There, he found the public collection of DOD
But then there was Suid's personal collection, - Theaters of War 00:06
But then there was Suid's personal collection,
This was the real prize, the documents the DOD had - Theaters of War 00:07
This was the real prize, the documents the DOD had
MATTHEW ALFORD: So every time anyone wanted to go - Theaters of War 00:10
MATTHEW ALFORD: So every time anyone wanted to go
There was no kind of publicity or awareness - Theaters of War 00:14
There was no kind of publicity or awareness
Enter another enterprising Brit, freelance journalist Tom - Theaters of War 00:05
Enter another enterprising Brit, freelance journalist Tom
Having read Robb's work, too, he had been carpet bombing the DOD - Theaters of War 00:07
Having read Robb's work, too, he had been carpet...
These are some DOD script notes on the film Pitch Perfect 3. - Theaters of War 00:06
These are some DOD script notes on the film Pitch Perfect 3.
MATTHEW ALFORD: In fact, the government was so annoyed - Theaters of War 00:12
MATTHEW ALFORD: In fact, the government was so annoyed
And so Tom, and I think Tom actually found out - Theaters of War 00:10
And so Tom, and I think Tom actually found out
And so from that point, I think I said to Tom, well, - Theaters of War 00:08
And so from that point, I think I said to Tom, well,
And then, it just snowballed from that point. - Theaters of War 00:04
And then, it just snowballed from that point.
And we ended up having thousands and thousands of pages - Theaters of War 00:06
And we ended up having thousands and thousands of pages
ROGER STAHL: Internal correspondence, - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: Internal correspondence,