History shows that great powers collapse when they try to do too much abroad. Could the military industrial complex force America into wars that will lead to its decline? Has this already happened in Afghanistan?
This week’s episode features a discussion with Andrew, a former Army Captain and a current member of the US intelligence community in Washington, DC. In the episode, we discuss Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address and Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
The podcast also references this essay in Small Wars Journal concerning possible ways liberty has been sacrificed in the United States in the name of increased security.
There are two things that a democratic people will always find very difficult, to begin a war and to end it…No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.
– Alexis de Tocqueville
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Creative Commons music featured in this episode: Ryoma Maeda, “Fake Protest Song,” feat. Ema Grace Monplaisir, “Basse” Doctor Turtle, “Ladies Take Me With You” Doctor Turtle, “You’re Right But I’m Me”
Statements made in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers alone. They do not represent the official opinions of the United States Army, Department of Defense, the United States Government, or any organization with which the speakers are affiliated.
Keeping The Republic 
History shows that great powers collapse when they try to do too much abroad. Could the military industrial complex force America into wars that will lead to its decline? Has this already happened in Afghanistan?
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This week’s episode features a discussion with Andrew, a former Army Captain and a current member of the US intelligence community in Washington, DC. In the episode, we discuss Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address and Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
The podcast also references this essay in Small Wars Journal concerning possible ways liberty has been sacrificed in the United States in the name of increased security.
Support KTR by purchasing Democracy in America on Amazon via this link.
Support KTR by purchasing A Documentary History of the United States on Amazon via this link.
Creative Commons music featured in this episode:
Ryoma Maeda, “Fake Protest Song,” feat. Ema Grace
Monplaisir, “Basse”
Doctor Turtle, “Ladies Take Me With You”
Doctor Turtle, “You’re Right But I’m Me”
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Statements made in this podcast are the opinions of the speakers alone. They do not represent the official opinions of the United States Army, Department of Defense, the United States Government, or any organization with which the speakers are affiliated.
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