Last week we reviewed the global order of money. Today we examine money’s sister, power. It’s an American-centric journey spanning 75 years, from the Cold War through the War on Terror. We start with a deep dive into the five years following the Second World War and highlight the men who crafted the policies that would determine the fate of the world. We dissect how these policies changed over the years to suit a narrative that ensured the continued growth of the military industrial complex and show how this outdated and ossified thinking might ultimately bring U.S. domination to an end.

Chapters

00:00:40 Intro

00:04:21 Segment 1

00:15:53 Skit

00:18:02 Segment 2

00:48:23 Show Notes

00:48:58 Book Love

00:50:28 Emails + Shoutouts

01:08:00 Outro

Resources

The New Yorker: The Florentine

SourceWatch: Pax Americana

Brookings: Decision to Intervene: How the War in Bosnia Ended

Book Love

Stephen Kinzer: The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

Niccolò Machiavelli: The Prince

Carl Von Clausewitz: On War

Nicholas Thompson: The Hawk and the Dove: Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the History of the Cold War

Howard Zinn: Howard Zinn on War

Curt Cardwell: Nsc 68 and the Political Economy of the Early Cold War

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