Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2025-06-16

Shawn Ryan, Erik Prince & Erik Bethel: books mentioned on The Shawn Ryan Show #209

#209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict

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Erik Prince is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL, and the founder of Blackwater, a private military company established in 1997. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Prince heads Frontier Resource Group, a private equity firm, and promotes economic development in emerging markets.

Erik Prince discussed Unrestricted warfare by Qiao Liang and others. Erik Bethel discussed The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Unrestricted warfare

   Qiao Liang, Wang Xiangsui · at 1:53:26

   Unrestricted warfare by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui is a military strategy text written by Chinese colonels that explores unconventional and asymmetric methods to challenge dominant powers like the United States.

   Discussed

   “There was a couple of Chinese colonels, PLA colonels, that wrote a book called Unrestricted Warfare.”

   Erik Prince #209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict 2025-06-16 Listen at 1:53:26

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   The End of History and the Last Man

   Francis Fukuyama · at 2:14:23

   The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama is a prominent political science and philosophy book arguing that the worldwide spread of liberal democracies may signal the endpoint of humanity's sociocultural evolution.

   Discussed

   “the Francis Fukiyama famous the famous famous author who wrote you know the end of what is it the end of civilization we won you know”

   Erik Bethel #209 Erik Prince & Erik Bethel - The China / Taiwan Conflict 2025-06-16 Listen at 2:14:23

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