Episode · The Tucker Carlson Show · 2024-05-21
Books mentioned on Erik Prince: NATO vs. Russia, the Secrets of Drone Warfare, and CIA Corruption
Erik Prince recommended The psychology of war by John Thompson MacCurdy and To Dare and to Conquer by Derek Leebaert, and discussed Firepower by Philip Warner.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Firepower
Discussed“I've just been uh reading a book called Firepower which is a history of basically a history of gunpowder and you track the change of warfare going from Spears and longbows to the wheel”
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The psychology of war
The psychology of war by John Thompson MacCurdy is an analytical examination of military decision-making, leadership failures, and institutional dysfunction during periods of armed conflict.
Recommended“it's called the psychology of military incompetence and it and it went through five of the biggest disasters in British military history”
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To Dare and to Conquer
To Dare and to Conquer by Derek Leebaert is a sweeping historical account that chronicles the evolution of special operations units from ancient times to the modern era.
Recommended“I recommend the book a lot it's called to DARE and to conquer and a friend gave it to me years ago and it's a it's a history of Special Operations throughout history all the way from Alexander the Great and his men that climbed sagian Rock and to to the present of a few picked men and women very”
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