Paul Rahe, Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, and author of Sparta's Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 BC, joins the show to talk about proxy wars, the strategy of Sparta, and the role of regimes in the shaping of foreign policy.▪️Times     •    01:37 Introduction     •    06:43 Donald Kagan    •    08:32 The Spartan point of view    •   11:59 Why change the perspective?    •    17:30 Sparta’s goals    •    24:59 Why does Sparta matter?     •    31:56 “Putin’s completely irrational”    •   33:56 Is Realism dangerous?    •    39:17 Why do the Athenians go to Sicily?    •    44:35 Alcibiades    •    47:06 Could the Athenians have won?    •    49:11 The significance of victoryFollow along  on InstagramFind a transcript of today’s episode on our School of War Substack