Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2025-08-24
Books mentioned on #478 – Scott Horton: The Case Against War and the Military Industrial Complex
Scott Horton is the director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, co-host of Provoked, and for the past three decades a staunch critic of U.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Enough Already
Enough Already by Scott Horton is a detailed historical critique of American foreign intervention and the ongoing war on terror.
Discussed“So it was extremely costly for Americans and it was extremely costly for Afghans as you do in your book enough already.”
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Dark Alliance
Dark Alliance by Gary Webb is an investigative journalism book that explores the origins of the American crack cocaine epidemic and its alleged links to the Central Intelligence Agency's support of anti-communist Contra rebels in Latin America.
Discussed“Point being, America's back in Saddam, except when they're helping Israel back Iran and by selling them these missiles and there even I don't have my footnote anymore, but it's findable, I'm sure, where they did talk about, you know, what we do is we support one side till they start getting ahead a little bit, then we support the”
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Treacherous alliance
Treacherous alliance by Trita Parsi is a historical analysis examining the secret geopolitical dealings and complex triangular relationship between Israel, Iran, and the United States.
Recommended“In fact tree parsy shows in his absolutely excellent book treacherous alliance which if you haven't read that you'll absolutely love it.”
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Imperial Hubris
Discussed“Um there's this great book uh by Michael Shyer, who was the former chief of the CIA bin Laden unit. It's called Imperial Hubris.”
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Israel Lobby and Us Foreign Policy
Israel Lobby and Us Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt is a critical political science book that examines the influence of special interest groups on American international relations.
Discussed“Now their book is called The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy. It came out in 2007.”
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Israel Lobby and U.S.
Discussed“Now their book is called The Israel Lobby and American Foreign Policy. It came out in 2007.”
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