300 | Thomas E. Ricks: How the Civil Rights Movement Waged a "Good War"

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

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🗓️ 14 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968 and military histories including The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, and Making the Corps, joins The Realignment to analyze the success of the civil rights movements through the lens of military strategy and its lessons for nonviolent movements today, revisits his critique of American generalship as the profession comes under political scrutiny, and assesses the state of the U.S. military as it transitions from the War on Terror to the era of great power competition.

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:03.2	Hey everyone, welcome back to the show.
0:10.6	We've had a great week as you can tell from my suit.
0:14.0	If you're watching some YouTube and recording this right before we go into the Lincoln Network's
0:18.0	Reboot Conference.
0:19.2	These Friday episodes are something we've added thanks to our super cast subscribers.
0:23.6	They are the opportunity for Saga and I to either have a back and forth discussion episode
0:28.0	or like today's show speak with an interesting author about a book that's up by Ali.
0:33.6	Saga speaks to a lot of things you've been interested in.
0:35.9	So today I was speaking with Thomas Ricks, he's the author of Waging a Good War Military
0:41.0	History of the Civil Rights Movement in 1954 and 1968.
0:45.6	This book is interesting because it looks at the Civil Rights Movement, something you've
0:49.0	discussed in the past with guests like John Porter through a different lens, a K.A.
0:53.6	Military campaign which is Thomas bringing his experience as a Pentagon correspondent.
1:00.6	But we're also looking at how that affects protests rights issues today and if there
1:04.3	are any lessons to be learned comparing these two different eras.
1:07.9	Secondly, I should note that Tom Ricks' book Fiasco about the Warner Rack that came out
1:13.1	in the mid 2000s was actually the book that got me into foreign policy.
1:16.3	So we're spending a bit of time talking about the US military, general ship and those issues
1:20.9	which are often seen through cultural relenses, not really just the typical military.
1:25.2	So lots of great stuff here, hope you all had a good week and of course huge shout out
1:29.4	to Lincoln Network Supporting.
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