Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2022-10-05
Books mentioned on Walter Russell Mead on the Past and Future of American Foreign Policy
A leading expert in foreign policy, Walter Russell Mead believes his lack of a PhD—and interest in actually going places—has helped him avoid academic silos and institutional groupthink that's rendered the field ineffective for decades.
Tyler Cowen discussed The Arc of a Covenant by Walter Russell Mead.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Arc of a Covenant
The Arc of a Covenant by Walter Russell Mead is a comprehensive political analysis examining the historical relationship between the United States, Israel, and the Jewish people.
Discussed“Now, some questions relevant to your book, which again is called The Arc of a Covenant, The United States, Israel, and the fate of the Jewish people.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Arc of a Covenant
“Walter is a professor at Bard College, foreign policy columnist for the Wall Street Journal, a fellow at the Hudson Institute, and he has a new and excellent book called The Arc of a Covenant, The United States, Israel, and the fate of the Jewish people.”
Plugged The Arc of a Covenant
“um in the book I talk about how as a 10-year-old, my friends and I used to stand around on the playground debating whether our town, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, would be destroyed in a nuclear attack.”
Plugged The Arc of a Covenant
“Stalin was a clever guy and one of the things I say in in the book Arc of a Covenant is that actually Stalin had a lot more to do with the independence of Israel than Harry Truman or the United States.”
Plugged The Arc of a Covenant
“Again, Walter's new and excellent book, The Arc of a Covenant, The United States, Israel, and the Fate of the Jewish People.”