Mia discusses the long arc of the Pax Americana, its roots in the US Navy, and how Trump’s war with Iran has blown it up.

Sources:

• https://www.endnotes.org.uk/issues/issue-2/endnotes-misery-and-debt
• https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/war-and-military-affairs/alfred-thayer-mahan/
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-promised-economic-d-day-203113113.html

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