#381 | Michael G. Vickers: Intel, Special, Ops, & Strategy from the CIA's War in Afghanistan to Ukraine
The Realignment
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The Early Cold War Period
In the early Cold War period, we didn't want a Cold War coming out of World War II. Within a year, 1946, 1947, and you had George Chenin's long telegram outlining the problem. The tech arms race with the Soviet Union in space and intercontinental ballistic missiles is very different today. A key test is what are you building power over your adversaries? And right now, Russia's making a big one in Ukraine that we can take advantage of.
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