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The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy presents a conversation with historian James Patton Rogers on his latest book, Precision: A History of American Warfare (Manchester University Press). While we often associate precision warfare with modern technologies, Patton Rogers reveals that the quest to achieve precision in war began in 1917. Precision takes readers on a journey through the twentieth century, highlighting the innovative thinkers of the First World War, the experimental technologies of the Second World War and the surprising Cold War nuclear strategies that made precision the dominant feature it is today.

Patton Rogers is an expert on drone warfare, disruptive and emerging technologies, and the history of weaponry and war. The Executive Director of the Cornell Brooks School Tech Policy Institute, he also serves as the NATO Country Director of the Full Spectrum Drone Warfare project. An experienced policy adviser, Patton Rogers has addressed the United Nations Security Council and currently works with the UNOCT, UNCTC, and the UK Parliament as an expert adviser. He regularly writes for the Washington Post and the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and he hosts the Warfare podcast with over 550,000 monthly listens in 180+ countries. Michael Brenes, co-Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History, will moderate the conversation.