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    Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)

    Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)

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    Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)

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    Length:
    57 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 12, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Eric Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Ambassador to Turkey and Finland, joins the show to talk about how nuclear strategic thinking began and how those debates resonate today.
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        •      01:47 Introduction 
        •      02:45 Oppenheimer’s Borden in reality
        •      07:00 Brodie and The Absolute Power
        •      11:12 Deterrence before Hiroshima 
        •      13:15 Blackett and Fear, War, and the Bomb  
        •      19:40 Counter-value vs counter-force 
        •      37:33 Russian nuclear strategy  
        •      42:44 Extended deterrence   
        •      52:37 Pain tolerance
      
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    Released:
    Mar 12, 2024
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.