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How do we begin to understand the full economic, human, and environmental impacts of war? This hour we talk with someone who is doing that math.

Plus, a look at the opportunity costs of spending on war. And, the costs of The American Revolution.

GUESTS:
Neta Crawford: Professor of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor at The Costs of War Project. She is also author of books including The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions

 
Joseph Ellis: Author of fourteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize winning Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, and National Book Award winning American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. His newest book is The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding

Music featured (in order):
The World Is A Ghetto – War
Loose Ends – Sergio Mendes, Justin Timberlake, Pharoahe Monch
The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar – Bob Dylan
When the War Came – The Decemberists
Hiway 9 – Eliza Gilkyson
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) – Hamilton Original Broadway Cast

How do we begin to understand the full economic, human, and environmental impacts of war? This hour we talk with someone who is doing that math.
Plus, a look at the opportunity costs of spending on war. And, the costs of The American Revolution.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Neta Crawford:&nbsp;Professor of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor at The&nbsp;<a href="https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/">Costs of War</a>&nbsp;Project. She is also author of books including&nbsp;<a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047487/the-pentagon-climate-change-and-war/">The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War: Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions</a></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li>Joseph Ellis:&nbsp;Author of fourteen books, including the Pulitzer Prize winning&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46098/founding-brothers-by-joseph-j-ellis-national-book-award-winning-author-of-american-sphinx/">Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation</a>, and National Book Award winning&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/46096/american-sphinx-by-joseph-j-ellis/">American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson</a>. His newest book is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740318/the-great-contradiction-by-joseph-j-ellis/">The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding</a></li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4USEMH_PQ">The World Is A Ghetto</a>&nbsp;&ndash; War</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/2U20JfO2wOk">Loose Ends</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Sergio Mendes, Justin Timberlake, Pharoahe Monch</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh4c4-1Ch0E">The Groom&rsquo;s Still Waiting at the Altar</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Bob Dylan</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHOiQ2uniU">When the War Came</a>&nbsp;&ndash; The Decemberists</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwYmPVbUJY">Hiway 9</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Eliza Gilkyson</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qJIfzaqlM">Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)</a>&nbsp;&ndash; Hamilton Original Broadway Cast</li>
</ul>

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