Michael Vlahos is part of the National Security Assessment team of the National Security Analysis Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

There are many forces and events that shape and define a nation's collective identity. War is one of the most powerful and mythic ways that individuals, and consequently nations, define themselves and their sense of purpose. This week's guest, Michael Vlahos, has written a book that provides a challenging examination of how war narratives define us and how deeply war is intertwined in what it means to be human. Scheduled for broadcast starting February 10th, 2010 on MHz Worldview channel.