John Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military & Naval History at Yale University and a contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about the foundations of strategic thought.
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• 02:01 Introduction
• 02:42 Makers of Modern Strategy
• 05:21 Democracy and strategy
• 07:42 Do authoritarians do strategy better?
• 10:32 A guide for future action
• 14:19 Grammar and logic
• 17:42 Ecological sensitivity
• 21:00 Maintain credibility
• 23:25 NSC-68
• 28:04 Reactions
• 32:18 Self-correction
• 37:12 Tolerating contradictions
• 41:29 Robert Kagan
• 42:43 Intellectual humility
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