Ep 72: Matthew Kroenig on Machiavelli (New Makers of Modern Strategy #2)

School of War

EpisodeMay 9, 202337m

Ep 72: Matthew Kroenig on Machiavelli (New Makers of Modern Strategy #2)

School of War

EpisodeMay 9, 202337m

Matthew Kroenig, professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and contributor to the New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about one of the most influential strategic thinkers of all time, Niccolo Machiavelli.▪️Times • 02:21 Introduction • 03:52 Teaching Machiavelli • 05:38 Machiavelli’s relevance• 07:49 Who was Niccolo?• 10:00 A lasting effect • 12:16 The Art of War• 15:52 A bad reputation• 19:58 A return to republic• 22:25 The Prince• 25:45 An early realist • 30:35 Classical influences• 35:12 Bullish on democracyFollow along on Instagram

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This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There has been a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy.This podcast seeks to fill that gap through in-depth interviews on military and diplomatic history. Our guests have included former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis, and former China Select Committee chairman Mike Gallagher. We discuss the battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have had to make wartime decisions in the ancient and modern eras. The subject of an episode may be an historical battle, campaign, o...

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