Ep 126: Michel Paradis on D-Day and Eisenhower

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Michel Paradis—litigator, national security law scholar, and author of The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower—joins the show to talk about D-Day and the man behind the invasion, Dwight Eisenhower.

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Times

• 01:49 Introduction

• 01:56 “Wildly under appreciated”

• 05:17 Upbringing

• 11:40 Seeing the world as it is

• 15:01 Not that long ago

• 22:14 British vs American plans

• 32:50 Using strategic advantages

• 36:03 Designing D-Day

• 46:58 Planning for failure

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