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EP19 Asymmetrical Perspectives

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: Addendum

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Diplomacy

We need to remember that whenever we engage with other countries, this has not happened for the first time. I mean, you look at how the chinese and the byzantines use diplomacy, for example. They would destroy whole nations without using their military at all. And i feel like some of these things we're talking about here, our own people would think was sort of wimpy. But listen, if theByzantines can destroy you without using theirmilitary, why use it? And that's that soft power used like like an oh yes. Well, this comes from the fact that america has changed from my dad's generation. When his dad was in world

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