Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London and author of On Strategists and Strategy: Collected Essays, 2014-2024, joins the show to talk about a lifetime among strategists, and to give an update on the war in Ukraine.
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Times
02:34 Essay writing
07:49 Michael Howard
18:42 Colin Gray
23:06 Timeless aspects of strategy
26:00 The goal of SDI
36:40 Tactics
41:20 Differences between tactics and strategy
45:01 Ultimate objectives
50:08 Sensible uses of nuclear weapons
52:24 Thatcher
53:59 Harsh winter in Ukraine
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