Andrew Roberts — Why Hitler lost WWII, Churchill as applied historian, & Napoleon as startup founder

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

November 22, 2023

Duration

1h 18m

Channel

Dwarkesh Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time. Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time. We discussed Churchill the applied historian, Napoleon the startup founder, why Nazi ideology cost Hitler WW2, and drones, reconnaissance, and other aspects of the future of war. 𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒

• Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/andrew-roberts
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𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 00:00:00 - Post WW2 conflicts 00:10:57 - Ukraine 00:16:33 - How Truman Prevented Nuclear War 00:22:49 - Taiwan 00:27:15 - Churchill 00:35:11 - Gaza & future wars 00:39:05 - Could Hitler have won WW2? 00:48:00 - Surprise attacks 00:59:33 - Napoleon and startup founders 01:14:06 - Andrew's insane productivity

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Andrew Roberts

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• Dwarkesh Patel

  host

• Narrator

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Andrew Roberts and Dwarkesh Patel, Andrew Roberts — Why Hitler lost WWII, Churchill as applied historian, & Napoleon as startup founder explores applied history, nuclear taboos, and startup-style generals reshape war Dwarkesh Patel interviews historian and peer Andrew Roberts about his new book *Conflict* (co‑authored with Gen. David Petraeus), exploring how warfare has evolved from 1945 to Ukraine and beyond. They discuss why the first half of the 20th century was catastrophically violent while the second half avoided great‑power war, focusing on nuclear deterrence and key decisions like Truman’s refusal to use atomic weapons in Korea.

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