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Ep 131: Thomas Mahnken on Strategic Fallacies (War in Ukraine #3)

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Exploring Human Psychology and Rationality in War through Personal Anecdotes

Exploring the complexities of human psychology and the challenges of comprehending the motivations of adversaries through a personal anecdote from a young infantry officer's conversation with a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, raising questions about the nature of conflict and the limits of human understanding.

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