Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time.
Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time.
We discussed Churchill the applied historian, Napoleon the startup founder, why Nazi ideology cost Hitler WW2, and drones, reconnaissance, and other aspects of the future of war.
Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/andrew-roberts
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andrew-roberts-leading-historian-on-warfare-from-napoleon/id1516093381?i=1000635692079
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Timestamps
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00:00:00) - Post WW2 conflicts
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00:10:57) - Ukraine
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00:16:33) - How Truman Prevented Nuclear War
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00:22:49) - Taiwan
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00:27:15) - Churchill
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00:35:11) - Gaza & future wars
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00:39:05) - Could Hitler have won WW2?
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00:48:00) - Surprise attacks
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00:59:33) - Napoleon and startup founders
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01:14:06) - Andrew's insane productivity