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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: Dance of the Vampires
Description: In 1986, I opened the pages of the newest Tom Clancy novel, "Red Storm Rising," and immersed myself in a story that should have been a forewarning. In my days, we had certain assumptions about the Soviets and their Navy capabilities and tactics.
Looking back it is easy to see that we assumed - and yes I know what that means - that the Soviets were tactical luddites, incapable of rapid adaptation to changing environments or tactical situations. Red Storm Rising certainly busted that myth, but.... it was "just fiction."
We have already discussed how the mo...