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Every book General Robert Spalding recommended on podcasts
General Robert Spalding is a military expert and author who appeared on The Jordan Harbinger Show to discuss geopolitical strategy, international relations, and global power dynamics. During the episode, General Spalding recommended several books to illustrate historical trends and political structures. He recommended Matt Stoller's Goliath to explain the historical sine waves of heavy economic power consolidation and antitrust actions. He also recommended The Politics Industry by Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter, and Stephen R. Thorne to highlight how the two-party political system fails to serve ordinary citizens and requires voting reform. In addition to these recommendations, Spalding discussed historical and modern strategic texts, comparing the Chinese manuscript Unrestricted Warfare to Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War and Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince in terms of modern military and political strategy. Finally, he referenced Christian Brose's book The Kill Chain to examine how the U.S. military failed to fully embrace Silicon Valley technology for contemporary defense purposes.
Books recommended by General Robert Spalding
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Goliath
Goliath by Matt Stoller is an economic and political book that examines the history of monopoly power and antitrust actions in the United States.
Recommended“there's a good book by um called Goliath uh by Matt Stoller and he talks about these”
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The Politics Industry
Katherine M.
Recommended“there's a good book out there called the politics industry where it was written by a businessman a businesswoman from Wisconsin”
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The Kill Chain
The Kill Chain by Christian Brose is a critical examination of modern military strategy, technological vulnerabilities, and the urgent need for Western defense systems to adapt to twenty-first-century warfare.
Discussed“and Christian Bros talks about this uh he's got a book called The Kill chain”
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient military treatise that offers enduring strategic principles for outmaneuvering adversaries and managing conflict.
Discussed“After studying this book and unrestricted warfare, the original Chinese manuscript is kind of, even though it's recent, it's only a couple decades old. It's kind of up there with Sun Tzu's Art of War in terms of teaching people how to wage war in the modern era.”
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The prince
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is a classic Renaissance treatise that outlines the pragmatic realities, strategies, and moral compromises involved in the acquisition and preservation of political power.
Discussed“Anyway, even as they say even Sun Tzu is not Machiavelli, is really the Prince, is really where I think they think that they're trying to kind of, it's a modern version of the Prince because the Prince was much more about politics and much less about warfare.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| General Spalding on China’s Big Plan for Global Domination | JHS Ep. 751 | The Jordan Harbinger Show | 2022-11-25 | 8 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“uh many times in in war without rules is that unrestricted Warfare is a Doctrine document”
“Well, so, um, that book 'Unrestricted Warfare' that I detail in 'War Without Rules' talks about how many times do you think George Soros was mentioned in that book?”