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Napoleon's Tragic March Home from Moscow: Lessons in Hubris [pdf]
- 082349872349872 3y agoμῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος / οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί' Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκε, / πολλὰς δ' ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προί̈αψεν / ἡρώων See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Beethoven)#Dedication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._3_(Beethoven)#Ded... It is said that Nasser was following Kutuzov's strategy during the Suez Crisis: having lured the Israelis deep within Egypt, he was just waiting for winter to set in, when the snow would surely force an ignominious IDF retreat across the Sinai...