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#180 – Jeremi Suri: History of American Power

Lex Fridman Podcast

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What Do You Think About the Cold War?

The Cold War was fundamentally about the United States defending a capitalist world order against a serious challenger from communism. It's almost like World War II for my generation and Cold War for them, it's so far removed. The collapse of the Soviet Union doesn't mean anything to them. So how do you describe the Cold War to them? HowDo you describe the Soviet Union to them?

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