Will US Proxy War in Ukraine Collapse America? | Trailer | Words That Matter

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A new book on ancient Greek history shows how a proxy war brought Athens to its knees and made Sparta king. Author Paul Rahe tells Lee Smith how America can avoid a similar proxy war disaster in this episode of Words That Matter.
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01:24 Paul Rahe, Professor of History, Hillsdale College

02:08 Paul Rahe, author, Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War

02:40 Rahe’s ancient Greek history focuses not on Sparta

03:35 No interest in Athens until French Revolution

04:02 Modern political thought focuses on Sparta

05:30 Foreign policy realism ignores regime identities

09:01: US foreign policy, Bush to Biden, is disastrous

11:26 Reagan contained Soviet expansion through ideological warfare

16:11 US policy making after the Cold War

18:25 Ancient Greek history and proxy wars

19:55 Sparta used proxy Sicily to wear down Athens

21:29 Athens’ expansion led to Spartan victory

24:07 Proxy wars, Ukraine, and geopolitical implications

24:29 Proxy wars to wear down the U.S.

25:25 Ukraine-Russia war has caused significant harm

28:47 Obama’s perceived weakness emboldened Putin

30:36 Trump’s actions may have deterred wars

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Will US Proxy War in Ukraine Collapse America? | Trailer | Words That Matter