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