374 | Elliot Ackerman: How a Divided America Grapples its Past, Present, and Future

The Realignment

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

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Elliot Ackerman, author of Halcyon, The Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan, and 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, returns to The Realignment. Elliot and Marshall discuss his alternate history of America in the 2000s, how revisiting the past challenges our assumptions about our national character, conflict versus character, and his broader writing foreign policy reporting as the country faces new challenges and conflicts.

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0:00.0	Marshall here. Welcome back to the Realignment.
0:08.2	Leading into the long, more early weekend,
0:10.7	uncontinuing our bi-weekly series focused on American history.
0:14.7	Last episode focused on Harry Truman's leadership of the World War II
0:18.4	Aera Truman Committee that offers the perfect model for accountability
0:22.9	and anti-corruption efforts in the defense industry.
0:26.7	Today's episode is with return guest and veteran Ellie Ackerman
0:30.7	who came on before to discuss previous books, the Fifth Act,
0:34.7	Americans and in Afghanistan and 2034, a novel of the next World War.
0:39.8	His new book, Howe Cian, is a fictionalized alternate history of the United States
0:44.3	in the 2000s.
0:45.7	It deals with and our conversation focuses on the legacy of history,
0:50.1	debates over how America should understand the legacy of the Civil War
0:54.5	and how individuals grapple with getting left behind amidst change.
1:00.5	Lots of great stuff here. Hope you all enjoy this conversation and the long weekend.
1:05.1	And of course, a huge thank you to the foundation for American innovation
1:09.1	for supporting the work of this podcast.
1:15.9	Ellie at Ackerman, welcome back to the Realignment.
1:20.1	Yeah, thanks for having me, Marshall.
1:22.1	Yeah, it's great to chat with you.
1:24.5	A lot of listeners are going to remember you from our interview about 2034.
1:28.9	We then did interview about your recent book about the withdrawal
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