American Exception

Episode 78: NSC-68 and the Permanent War Panacea (EDS 13)


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[Update: We fixed and replaced the original audio file which had a problem around the introduction]


In this episode we look at the history behind NSC-68, the seminal document of the US military industrial complex.

This is the 13th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series.

The latter portion of this episode was already posted on YouTube because we thought it was so timely after the Nord Stream attack. I hope the larger, book-related portion of the episode also provides good context for this. Strangely enough, I added that extra material to the episode plan because I thought that all of the historical exegesis from the book was really relevant to our current moment. With the Nord Stream bombing, it turned out that I was more correct than I knew.

Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to.

Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

[Update: We fixed and replaced the original audio file which had a problem around the introduction]


In this episode we look at the history behind NSC-68, the seminal document of the US military industrial complex.

This is the 13th installment of our Empire and the Deep State series--an in-depth exploration of my new book American Exception: Empire and the Deep State. I am again joined by series co-host Ben Norton of Multipolarista as well our own Seamus McGuinness who is producing the series.

The latter portion of this episode was already posted on YouTube because we thought it was so timely after the Nord Stream attack. I hope the larger, book-related portion of the episode also provides good context for this. Strangely enough, I added that extra material to the episode plan because I thought that all of the historical exegesis from the book was really relevant to our current moment. With the Nord Stream bombing, it turned out that I was more correct than I knew.

Check out the attached PDF to see the slides we refer to.

Special thanks to Seamus for the episode art and Dana Chavarria for the sound engineering!

Music: "Too Good Your Dreams Don't Come True" by Mock Orange

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