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Ep 114: Eric Edelman on the Foundations of Nuclear Strategy (New Makers of Modern Strategy #11)
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Eric Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Ambassador to Turkey and Finland, joins the show to talk about how nuclear strategic thinking began and how those debates resonate today.
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• 01:47 Introduction
• 02:45 Oppenheimer’s Borden in reality
• 07:00 Brodie and The Absolute Power
• 11:12 Deterrence before Hiroshima
• 13:15 Blackett and Fear, War, and the Bomb
• 19:40 Counter-value vs counter-force
• 37:33 Russian nuclear strategy
• 42:44 Extended deterrence
• 52:37 Pain tolerance
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Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
131 episodes
Manage episode 406048598 series 2998419
Eric Edelman, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Ambassador to Turkey and Finland, joins the show to talk about how nuclear strategic thinking began and how those debates resonate today.
▪️
Times
• 01:47 Introduction
• 02:45 Oppenheimer’s Borden in reality
• 07:00 Brodie and The Absolute Power
• 11:12 Deterrence before Hiroshima
• 13:15 Blackett and Fear, War, and the Bomb
• 19:40 Counter-value vs counter-force
• 37:33 Russian nuclear strategy
• 42:44 Extended deterrence
• 52:37 Pain tolerance
Follow along on Instagram
Find a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack
131 episodes
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