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We’re joined by independent researcher Ben for a multi-part series exploring the theory and practice of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Part One is about the creation of NATO and the early years of the organization.

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Kane Shirley

was playing this at work and my coworker asked if it was joe rogan when he heard bens voice

AfroCommie

I stan the Belden Plan

K Barlas

Stoked to hear people actually acknowledge the greek civil war, a really slept on part of the beginning of the cold war, great stuff

Sam

Fun fact: Scotland's national animal is the Unicorn!

j

Enter the Emoryverse

Anonymous

It might be just me but i don’t have access to the other parts of this series on RSS feed or on Patreon app. Anyone else missing these?

Donna Oakes-Munro

As a boomer, I'm having so much cognitive dissonance! Great episode.

Anonymous

I also can’t seem to find Part 2 and Part 3 of the NATO episodes on the RSS feed!

Marina Hanna

Who is this guest, Ben? Unless I missed it, I’ve only heard Brace and Liz say he’s an “independent researcher” but I don’t know what that means… I wish he would mention his sources or even vaguely reference where he gets his information. When he’s a guest on the pod, it’s always to discuss very layered and murky subjects like NATO, 9/11, JFK, etc. I always assumed he was some kind of expert, so I should take his analysis at face value, but I don’t know what kind of research he does.

PrinceVocalFry

I want to second Ben's recommendation of van der Pijls's Making of the Atlantic Ruling Class. I read it while listening to these and, while it's pretty dry, it gives a great outline of the factions of the western ruling classes. I've found myself using it a lot recently while thinking through the deeper politics of the western alliance. Arrighi's Long Twentieth Century pairs very well with it.