b'John Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military & Naval History at Yale University and a contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about the foundations of strategic thought.\\n\\u25aa\\ufe0f\\nTimes\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t02:01 Introduction\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t02:42 Makers of Modern Strategy\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t05:21 Democracy and strategy\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t07:42 Do authoritarians do strategy better?\\n\\t\\u2022\\t10:32 A guide for future action\\n\\t\\u2022\\t14:19 Grammar and logic\\n\\t\\u2022\\t17:42 Ecological sensitivity\\n\\t\\u2022\\t21:00 Maintain credibility\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t23:25 NSC-68\\n\\t\\u2022\\t28:04 Reactions \\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t32:18 Self-correction\\n\\t\\u2022\\t37:12 Tolerating contradictions\\xa0\\n\\t\\u2022\\t41:29 Robert Kagan\\n\\t\\u2022\\t42:43 Intellectual humility\\n\\nFollow along on Instagram'