Paul Springer

The World

The Iraq Shooting and the History of ‘Fragging’

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We’re taking a look today at the history of soldier-on-soldier violence in the U.S. military with Paul Springer, professor of history at the United States Military Academy, West Point and Major Dena Braeger, Executive Officer to the Dean of West Point.

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