American Prestige: E1 - Ghosting Afghanistan w/ Stephen Wertheim by Chapo Trap House published on 2021-07-20T02:35:30Z This is the first episode of Chapo all-stars Derek Davison & Daniel Bessner’s new foreign policy podcast “American Prestige”. To get more, go here: http://patreon.com/americanprestige In the premiere episode of American Prestige, Danny and Derek get into the US's withdrawal from Afghanistan. Did the military intentionally botch the withdrawal? Has the imperial frontier contracted in any meaningful way? Will the Taliban gain legitimacy with the Afghan people? Plus, an in-depth interview with Stephen Wertheim, discussing his new book “Tomorrow, the World”, which explores how and why during World War II U.S. elites decided that their nation should, indeed must, dominate the world. Comment by Lexi OMG!!sweet song! I would lovee to work w/you (l1nk in my bakgrnd plsss) :D 2021-07-28T07:20:28Z Comment by SephIsLeft The Soviets were NOT totalitarian. Stop having radlibs on the show ffs 2021-07-25T07:32:22Z Comment by Four-Three-Five Recorder Trump was the only president to meet with the leadership of North Korea inside the demilitarized zone. As with most of the things done by Trump, it went nowhere, but it proved that if you are willing to ignore the Georgetown groupthink, you can create spaces to operate in. 2021-07-25T04:46:20Z Comment by Four-Three-Five Recorder Max Boot is a jackhole. The Dry Boys ripping him to pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk7gc6aiMaU 2021-07-25T04:14:32Z Comment by S the Third ahhhf-gahn-is-stahhhn says the sophisticated lad 2021-07-22T23:07:42Z Comment by Rostovtzeff who the hell are these guys and wtf does it have to do with Chapo 2021-07-21T04:40:36Z Comment by Andrew Diener Gabrielo Kolko's "The Politics of War: The World and United States Foreign Policy, 1943-1945" (1968) is also about the beginning of America empire. 2021-07-20T12:32:31Z