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Podcast: ChinaTalk
Episode: Lawrence Freedman on Strategy and Nuclear War
Description: Lawrence Freedman is the dean of strategic studies. He’s written books about the Falklands War, nuclear strategy, political-military relations, Kennedy’s foreign policy, the revolution of military affairs, and (my personal favorite) the history of strategy. Â
Freedman is now part of the father-son writing duo samf.substack.com.
Note: we recorded this in the summer of 2023. Thanks to the Hudson Institute for sponsoring this conversation.
In this far-reaching conversation, we discuss:
How the Falklands saved Thatcher’s premiership, making her the Iron Lady,
Why the great strategic decisions of history rarely have cle...