Author Michael Walsh - Fighting to The Last Man

The Alpha Human Podcast

Michael Walsh is a journalist, screenwriter, and New York Times best-selling author of numerous critically acclaimed novels and works of non-fiction including "And All the Saints," a fictionalized account of the life of Owen Madden, the so-called "Irish Godfather," for which he won the 2004 American Book Award, as well as"The Devil’s Pleasure Palace," "The Fiery Angel. Michael is also a former classical music critic and foreign correspondent for Time magazine and Sunday op-ed columnist for the New York Post. His latest book is “Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost, which delves into the masculine attributes of heroism that forged American civilization and Western culture by exploring historical battles in which soldiers chose death over dishonor. In this episode of the Alpha Human Podcast, Lawrence Rosenberg and Michael Walsh discuss how war and the existential battle of ideas and civilizations have been the crucial factor in the advancement of human potential and why, given its inextricable link to our progress as a species, modern society is bent on muting, if not blotting out, man's primal nature. We also delve into the true nature of heroism, the heroic ideal, and discuss whether technology and automation will supplant man's appreciation and agency for the power to wage and the consequences of war.