Ep. 1: H.R. McMaster on the Gulf War
Oct 19, 2021•44 min
Episode description
Biography
H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was the 26th assistant to the president for National Security Affairs. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army for thirty-four years before retiring as a Lieutenant General in June 2018.
He is the author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World and Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that Led to Vietnam.
Times
03:10 - Introduction
04:02 - Biography
06:35 - Leading Eagle Troop
08:16 - Post Cold War preparation for Desert Shield and Desert Storm
15:17 - The Battle of the 73 Easting
23:17 - Advantages of the American military
26:12 - Overconfidence in American military dominance
29:16 - China's reaction to the Gulf War and technological development
32:30 - China's tactics
35:04 - The Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan
Recorded August 31, 2021
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