Angry Planet
Angry Planet Subscriber Feed
Booze, Bribes, and Prostitutes: How Fat Leonard Seduced the U.S. Navy
0:00
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -37:17
-37:17

Paid episode

The full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Angry Planet

Booze, Bribes, and Prostitutes: How Fat Leonard Seduced the U.S. Navy

Dec 17, 2021
∙ Paid
Share

It’s the greatest story you probably don’t know anything about. Or, at least, you have no idea how bad it actually is. The U.S. 7th Fleet is the most powerful Navy in the history of the world. Its area of operations stretches throughout the Pacific. It comprised of up of upwards of 70 ships, 400 aircraft, and around 40,000 sailors and Marines. For about…

This post is for paid subscribers

Angry Planet
Angry Planet Subscriber Feed
Conversations about conflict on an angry planet.
Listen on
Substack App
RSS Feed
Recent Episodes
Syria, Authoritarianism, and U.S. Politics
 • Matthew Gault
A Crash Course on Indian Assassinations and ISIS in Canada
 • Matthew Gault
U.S. Defense Contractors Are Using ‘Battle Tested in Ukraine’ As a Marketing Label
 • Matthew Gault
North Korea and Russia—A Very Special Relationship
 • Matthew Gault
Don't Fall for Donald the Dove
A Calm Conversation About Israeli Settlements and Blame vs Responsibility
Stephanie Baker on ‘Punishing Putin’
 • Matthew Gault
King Arthur at the End of the World
 • Matthew Gault