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1/8: Rethinking the World Island at War: siege tactics: drones, cruise missiles, energy targets: 1/8: #Taiwan: The Present Danger & What is to be done? 1/8: The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict, by Elbridge A. Colby @ElbridgeColby.
https://www.amazon.com/Strategy-Denial-American-Defense-Conflict/dp/0300256434
Elbridge A. Colby was the lead architect of the 2018 National Defense Strategy, the most significant revision of U.S. defense strategy in a generation. Here he lays out how America’s defense must change to address China’s growing power and ambition. Based firmly in the realist tradition but deeply engaged in current policy, this book offers a clear framework for what America’s goals in confronting China must be, how its military strategy must change, and how it must prioritize these goals over its lesser interests.
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| 0:35.0 | This is CBS I On The World with John Bachelor. Here's John Bachelor. |
| 0:41.0 | This is CBS I On The World. I'm John Bachelor. I welcome Elbridge Colby, the author of the |
| 0:47.3 | new book, The Strategy of Denial, American Defense, in an age of great power conflict. Elbridge |
| 0:54.6 | Colby is co-founder and principal of the Marathon Initiative. He has served as Deputy Assistant |
| 1:00.5 | Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development 2017 through 2018. And we turn |
| 1:07.9 | to the condition at hand in the world as we know it. The competition, great power competition |
| 1:15.2 | involves the players from the 20th century plus China. And Bridges book looks at all of |
| 1:22.1 | those possibilities, but focuses on China. So before we come to the examples of China and |
| 1:28.6 | the U.S. and conflict in East Asia, we begin with definitions. |
| 1:33.3 | Bridges, a very good evening to you. Congratulations, a military strategy for limited war. What |
| 1:39.9 | is limited war? And what does the U.S. now know about its possible opponent, China, |
| 1:48.6 | now limited war? Good evening to you. Good evening, John. It's wonderful to be back |
| 1:53.1 | on with you. It's a thanks for pleasure to be back on and an honor. What is a limited |
| 1:59.0 | war? A limited war is something that sounds paradoxical, but is very actually deeply rooted |
| 2:04.4 | in basically human nature and certainly military affairs, which is the idea that even in wars |
| 2:10.8 | that engage people's deepest emotions and aspirations and fears, there are almost |
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