John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, and was the founding director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy. His book On Grand Strategy is what sparked Sean's desire to feature him! Gaddis defines "grand strategy" as aligning "potentially unlimited aspirations with necessarily limited capabilities" and highlights the persistent error of focusing on the former while ignoring the latter. On this episode John draws on a range of thinkers, including Thucydides, Machiavelli, Clausewitz, and Tolstoy and how they used strategy to shape history. In addition, Professor Gaddis teaches courses on Cold War history, grand strategy, biography, and historical methodology. His George F. Kennan: An American Life, won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. *Questions for the solo podcast email [email protected]* Subscribe to the Newsletter- https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD http://whatgotyouthere.com/ NEW SPONSOR TEN THOUSAND- www.tenthousand.cc/wgyt 20% off with discount code "WGYT" GlobeKick 10% off with discount code "WGYT" https://globekick.com/ MCTco Collagen Protein Bars www.mctco.com 20% off with code "WGYT" https://history.yale.edu/people/john-gaddis https://www.amazon.com/John-Lewis-Gaddis/e/B000APA95Q https://twitter.com/SeanDeLaney23 https://www.instagram.com/whatgotyoutherepodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/whatgotyouthere/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-delaney-00909190/ Intro/Outro music by Justin Great- http://justingreat.com/ Audio Engineer- Brian Lapres

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