H. R. McMaster: The Policy “Battlegrounds” He Has Won, Lost, And Continues To Fight

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🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, US Army, ret., the former national security advisor and the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution discusses his latest book, Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World, a re-examination of the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges that face the United States, and an urgent call to compete to preserve America’s standing and security.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge, I'm Peter Robinson.
0:10.0	Born in Philadelphia, Lieutenant General
0:15.2	H.R. McMaster graduated from West Point in 1984 and later earned a doctorate in American
0:20.8	history from the University of North Carolina.
0:23.0	His doctoral thesis was published as
0:25.8	dereliction of duty, Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
0:30.0	and the lies that led to Vietnam.
0:32.0	General McMaster served in the Gulf War. and the lies that led to Vietnam.
0:33.0	General McMaster served in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan,
0:37.5	and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
0:39.7	From February 2017 until April 2018, General McMaster served as National Security
0:45.3	Advisor to President Trump.
0:48.2	General McMaster's new book, Battlegrounds, the Fight to defend the free world.
0:55.0	HR, welcome back to Uncommon Knowledge.
0:57.0	Thanks, Peter, it's a pleasure to be with you.
0:59.0	I should point out, I don't mean to indicate disrespect by failing to call you General, but you and I are colleagues and friends
1:04.5	and certainly.
1:05.8	So HR.
1:06.8	Battlegrounds.
1:09.2	At the turn of the 21st century, the United States was set up for a rude awakening of tragic
1:16.3	proportions." Close quote. Explain that. Well thanks Peter, what a pleasure
1:22.1	is to be with you.
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