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Part 1/2: Interview with General Hervé Pierre on Beaufre and Philosophy

The first of a two-part interview with General Hervé Pierre about French military strategist General André Beaufre. This video talks about Beaufre's general philosophy and how he balanced reason with spirit and intuition. If you want to support my channel more directly, Make your way to https://buymeacoffee.com/shurkin or explore the "thanks" button here on YT or the "Join" to become a member. GEN Hervé Pierre's excellent biography of Beaufre: https://amzn.to/4nbWali More on Beaufre:    • Beaufre's Action Strategy   https://warontherocks.com/2020/10/gra... Link to Beaufre's Introduction in English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w5T-... Beaufre's Introduction in French: https://amzn.to/4oV1ryN Who am I? Former CIA analyst, former RAND Senior Political Scientist, Currently Director of Global Programs at 14 North Strategies and RUSI Associate Fellow. Yale History Ph.D. Find me at https://michaelshurkin.com Check out my substack etc. https://shurkin.substack.com/   / michaelshurkin   https://bsky.app/profile/michaelshurk...   / michael-shurkin-ph-d-1397641a   The gear I use: Mic: https://amzn.to/3Hjxat8 Headphones (for editing): https://amzn.to/45nNjG7 Hey, thinking about using Google Workspace? For a discount, use this affiliate link: https://referworkspace.app.goo.gl/noeo My favorite books on war (Affiliate links) Svetlana Alexievitch, “The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II.” https://amzn.to/3GyeDIV Haruko Taya Cook, Japan at War: An Oral History, https://amzn.to/42Dpo5j. Vasily Grossman, "Life and Fate." https://amzn.to/4gRzFz6 Robert Heinlein, "Starship Troopers", https://amzn.to/406gqfA Ernst Jünger, “Storm of Steel”, https://amzn.to/4lWmyji Ahmadou Kourouma, "Allah is not obliged." https://amzn.to/3PaEfwj Robert Leckie, “Helmet for my Pillow: From Paris Island to the Pacific,” https://amzn.to/3YrmWwe Väinö Linna, "Unknown Soldiers." https://amzn.to/41Rnazm Jonathan Littell, "Les Bienveillantes, or The Kindly Ones." In French: https://amzn.to/4a0BY0A In English: https://amzn.to/49VEhSh Erich Maria Remarque, "All Quiet on the Western Front." https://amzn.to/4iRvnJB Pierre Schoendoerffer, "La 317e Section." https://amzn.to/40dmvG3 E.B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. https://amzn.to/4iSkBlu 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Interview start 01:41 Who is GEN Pierre? 03:12 Who was GEN André Beaufre? 8:40 Is Strategy a science or an art? 10:10 Total Strategy vs. Military Strategy 11:12 Matter versus Spirit and Will 11:25 Foch and Joseph de Maistre 12:50 Bernard Brodie's criticism and Beaufre's response 15:50 Can strategy be taught or is it all about intuition? 18:11 Materialist thinkers 19:42 Beaufre as a Cartesian thinker? 23:45 Marshal Jean de Lattre