Ep 91: Paul Rahe on Sparta’s Grand Strategy
Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, and author of Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 BC, joins the show to talk about proxy wars, the strategy of Sparta, and the role of regimes in the shaping of foreign policy.
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Show Notes
Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, and author of Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 BC, joins the show to talk about proxy wars, the strategy of Sparta, and the role of regimes in the shaping of foreign policy.
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• 01:37 Introduction
• 06:43 Donald Kagan
• 08:32 The Spartan point of view
• 11:59 Why change the perspective?
• 17:30 Sparta’s goals
• 24:59 Why does Sparta matter?
• 31:56 “Putin’s completely irrational”
• 33:56 Is Realism dangerous?
• 39:17 Why do the Athenians go to Sicily?
• 44:35 Alcibiades
• 47:06 Could the Athenians have won?
• 49:11 The significance of victory
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