Lt. General H.R. McMaster on Strategic Empathy and Seneca’s Contradiction

<p>On today’s episode, Ryan talks to Lt. General H.R. McMaster about why leaders must study history and philosophy, his book <a href='https://geni.us/6XFy'>Dereliction of Duty</a> about the controversial Vietnam war, Seneca’s complicated service for the emperor Nero, and more.</p><p>H.R. McMaster is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General who served as the 26th United States National Security Advisor. He is known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. His book, <a href='https://geni.us/Zb4GN'>Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World</a>, was released in September 2020 and is an overview of the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges that face the United States in the modern age. </p><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='https://beekeepersnaturals.com/stoic'>Beekeeper’s Naturals</a>, the company that’s reinventing your medicine with clean, effective products that actually work.<a href='https://beekeepersnaturals.com/stoic'> Beekeepers Naturals</a> has great products like Propolis Spray and B.LXR. As a listener of the Daily Stoic Podcast you can receive 15% off your first order. Just go to <a href='https://beekeepersnaturals.com/stoic'>beekeepersnaturals.com/STOIC</a> or use code STOIC at checkout to claim this deal.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='http://blinkist.com/stoic'>Blinkist</a>, the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. <a href='http://blinkist.com/stoic'>Blinkist</a> lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it’s Ryan’s own <a href='https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-daily-stoic-en'><em>The Daily Stoic</em></a><em>, </em>Yuval Harari’s <a href='https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/sapiens-en'><em>Sapiens</em></a><em>, </em>and more. Go to <a href='http://blinkist.com/stoic'>blinkist.com/stoic</a>, try it free for 7 days, and save 25% off your new subscription, too.<