What you’re about to hear on this episode of the Kate Wand Podcast is a discussion with Abigail Hall on her new book, How to Run Wars: a Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite.

Abigail is Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa who specializes in U.S. foreign policy and war.

We discuss militarism, surveillance, and the role of propaganda in creating narratives that shape the way we view US foreign policy.
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🗒️ SHOW NOTES
How To Run Wars by Christopher Coyne & Abigail Hall:
independent.org/howtorunwars
abigailrhall.com
twitter/x: https://x.com/Abigail_R_Hall
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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 - Narratives
1:38 - Challenging Narratives
5:12 - The Anti-War Left
7:40 - The Role of Propaganda
13:10 - How We Consume Narratives
15:50 - Anti-American Sentiment
20:27 - Brainwashing
24:38 - How Many Military Conflicts?
29:32 - American Exceptionalism vs. Imperialism
36:02 - How to Deal with Terrorism?
42:38 - Solutions
48:30 - Cultural Norms
49:43 - Most Surprising Finds
52:20 - Roots of Police Militarization
56:34 - Absolute Power?
1:00:10 - Institutional Problems
1:03:34 - What Would You Do?
1:06:44 - Break Some Eggs
1:09:50 - Historical Counterfactuals & Foreign Intervention
1:14:50 - Outro

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