Eliot Cohen: 3 Things the Consensus Gets Wrong About the Iran War

About this episode

Eliot A. Cohen discusses misconceptions about the Iran War and the intersection of politics and reality.

Separating Politics from Reality. Is the war going better than we realize?Eliot A. Cohen is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He is a professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, the author of the forthcoming book The Strategist: How to Think About War and Politics, and a co-host of the Shield of the Republic podcast.

People in this episode

Guest: Eliot A. Cohen

Topics covered

• Iran War
• politics
• military strategy
• media analysis
• current events

Keywords

• Iran War
• Eliot Cohen
• politics
• military strategy
• The Atlantic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Atlantic, Johns Hopkins University, Shield of the Republic

Books & works: The Strategist: How to Think About War and Politics

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