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Podcast: ChinaTalk
Episode: Military Revolutions with Ed Luttwak
Description: Today’s guest is the legendary strategist Edward Luttwak — the Machiavelli of Maryland. He’s consulted for presidents, prime ministers, and secretaries of defense, and authored magnificent books on Byzantine history, a guide to planning a successful coup, and an opus on the logic of strategy and the rise of China. He raises cows, too.
We recorded this episode in Feb of 2024.
Thanks to the Hudson Institute for sponsoring this episode.
Our conversation today covers…
Luttwak’s childhood and formative encounters with war, including an early fascination with the mafia in Sicily,