Ep 50: Lawrence Freedman on Command
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and author of Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine, joins the show to discuss how politics and military command are inextricably linked.
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Show Notes
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London and author of Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine, joins the show to discuss how politics and military command are inextricably linked.
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Times
• 01:08 Introduction
• 02:01 Command
• 05:44 Politics and generalship
• 08:00 MacArthur myths
• 11:59 Educating future commanders
• 15:50 France’s end of empire
• 22:57 Democratic drawbacks
• 27:51 Putin’s position
• 33:49 Ukraine endgame
• 37:27 Better off without Putin
• 39:09 Winter is coming