professor walling teaches in the department of war and strategy at the united states naval war college in rhode island. he served as an interrogator in the u.s. army and has taught at harvard university, often all college, u.s. air force academy and colorado college.rolling is the author of republican empire, alexander hamilton on war and government and the co-editor with bradley on strategic logic and political rationality. currently he's writing a book on the history of the polynesian war. join me in welcoming professor carl walden. [applause] >> before i begin i have to give you this. nothing in this talk reflects the official views of the united states naval war college, the department of the navy, department of defense or any other government entity. in the handout i passed around i have two quotations at thetop . one is from sun tzu. know yourself, know your enemy and in 100 battles you will never be defeated. that strikes me as optimistic. sometimes your enemy has much more superior force and it doesn't matter how much you know, you're going to lose but in most cases, our knowle

he teaches in the department of war and strategy at the united states naval war college. he previously served as an interrogator in the us army and has top at harvard. republicanuthor of empire alexander hamilton on the war and government, and the coeditor with brandon lee of strategic logic and political rationality. he currently is writing a book on the history of the peloponnesian war. [applause] nothing in this reflects thex -- u.s., the department of the navy, or any other government entity. handout i passed around i have two quotations at the top. one is from sun tzu, know yourself and know your enemy in 100 battles you will never be defeated. that strikes me as a bit optimistic. sometimes your enemy has much superior force that it doesn't matter how much you know you are still going to lose. in most cases knowledge of strength and weakness of your opponent are crucial upon incentivizing's strategy. those of you who know american football or even played it after a high schoolor game you take a break and then you watch game film. you look at what you did well and what

the united states has been the major naval power in the pacific since world war ii, and we recognize in the united states that china has to play a role in the security framework there. - and china was, as napoleon said, was sleeping, and it went through a number of upheavals. their back is the middle kingdom now, and in every regard, they're flexing their muscle. once a nation gets additional capability, it's been almost axiomatic in history that it starts to reach out more. so i think that we don't want to contain china. but at the same time, we don't want china to do more than a safe and stable world would expect to want. - all of us who have dealt with the chinese government over the years have bumped up against a deeply held suspicion that the west, led by the united states, seeks to contain china, to isolate china. - graham allison just wrote a book about this. graham says in the last 500 years, we've seen this emerging status quo thing about 20 times. he says, you know, we always manage to get from the old equilibrium, re-emergence, to the new equilibrium, post-emergence. that's

war of words. i spoke just now to the research scientist vera zakem who's a disinformation and diplomatic specialist at the cna — the centre for naval analyses in the united statesas surprised at the concerted diplomatic response from countries in expelling russian diplomats. no, iam no, i am not surprised at all, one bit. i think this is, by the international community, a first step ina international community, a first step in a broader set of actions, not just the united step in a broader set of actions, notjust the united states and uk, but the broader internet —— international community may take. in terms of what happens next, i suspect there will be a series of potentially covert and overt actions. some could be retaliatory actions. some could be retaliatory actions that russia may take, in expelling diplomats from the countries that expelled russian diplomats. in addition, russia may choose to take actions at a time of their choosing. and we absolutely cannot forget that. it may be expulsion of diplomats in one month, two months, next week. but it may be cyber attacks. it may be similar types of attacks that we saw in the uk against the international norms

united states government was lying. wereok, that point there lying about body counts. they wanted to make the argument that it's going to win the war. the battle of attrition. if they killed enough north vietnamese navalthe war. in this battle, that was a devastating loss to the black , general hay the first division commander lied. host: why did president johnson simply not pull the plug? since we say we are leaving. peace with honor. we will let the vietnamese deal with this issue. >> that have a long history to it and i would say it has to do it politics in united states and the way the republican party -- theed the notion of cold war through that period. in terms of body counts, there are two things that can be set. it was a war of attrition and ho chi minh used to say for every one of you, you will kill kind of us and in the end you will get tired. -- came outnt pretty exact. one point 4 million soldiers dead weather one battle or another it was exaggerated and were losing an awful lot of people. that just needs to be sent. host: we will go to frank joining us and pau -- in palm bay, florida. caller: hello. i have a question for jim webb. i was with the fifth marines the same time he was. i know

united states government was lying. wereok, that point there lying about body counts. they wanted to make the argument that it's going to win the war. the battle of attrition. if they killed enough north vietnamese navaln the war. in this battle, that was a devastating loss to the black , general hay the first division commander lied. host: why did president johnson simply not pull the plug? since we say we are leaving. peace with honor. we will let the vietnamese deal with this issue. >> that have a long history to it and i would say it has to do it politics in united states and the way the republican party -- theed the notion of cold war through that period. in terms of body counts, there are two things that can be set. it was a war of attrition and ho chi minh used to say for every one of you, you will kill kind of us and in the end you will get tired. -- came outnt pretty exact. one point 4 million soldiers dead weather one battle or another it was exaggerated and were losing an awful lot of people. that just needs to be sent. host: we will go to frank joining us and pau -- in palm bay, florida. caller: hello. i have a question for jim webb. i was with the fifth marines the same time he was. i kno

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united states government was lying. wereok, that point there lying about body counts. they wanted to make the argument that it's going to win the war. the battle of attrition. if they killed enough north vietnamese navale war. in this battle, that was a devastating loss to the black , general hay the first division commander lied. host: why did president johnson simply not pull the plug? since we say we are leaving. peace with honor. we will let the vietnamese deal with this issue. >> that have a long history to it and i would say it has to do it politics in united states and the way the republican party -- theed the notion of cold war through that period. in terms of body counts, there are two things that can be set. it was a war of attrition and ho chi minh used to say for every one of you, you will kill kind of us and in the end you will get tired. -- came outnt pretty exact. one point 4 million soldiers dead weather one battle or another it was exaggerated and were losing an awful lot of people. that just needs to be sent. host: we will go to frank joining us and pau -- in palm bay, florida. caller: hello. i have a question for jim webb. i was with the fifth marines the same time he was. i know ex