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Ep 75: Toshi Yoshihara on Sun Tzu (New Makers of Modern Strategy #5)
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Length:
53 minutes
Released:
May 30, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Toshi Yoshihara, Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, author of Mao’s Army Goes to Sea, and contributor to the New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about Sun Tzu and Mao’s strategic thought.
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• 02:14 Introduction
• 02:33 Who was Sun Tzu?
• 05:38 Spring and Autumn
• 08:27 Legitimizing the text
• 11:18 Rational analysis
• 13:51 Clausewitz versus Sun Tzu
• 20:28 A dangerous optimism
• 24:40 Shih
• 29:59 Mao in ’49 and ’50
• 34:11 Chinese intervention in Korea
• 38:36 The origins of Chinese sea power
• 43:11 Amphibious operations
• 47:33 D-Day without any advantages
Andrew Rhodes Map D-Day Invasion compared to potential Taiwan Invasion
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Times
• 02:14 Introduction
• 02:33 Who was Sun Tzu?
• 05:38 Spring and Autumn
• 08:27 Legitimizing the text
• 11:18 Rational analysis
• 13:51 Clausewitz versus Sun Tzu
• 20:28 A dangerous optimism
• 24:40 Shih
• 29:59 Mao in ’49 and ’50
• 34:11 Chinese intervention in Korea
• 38:36 The origins of Chinese sea power
• 43:11 Amphibious operations
• 47:33 D-Day without any advantages
Andrew Rhodes Map D-Day Invasion compared to potential Taiwan Invasion
Follow along on Instagram
Released:
May 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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