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Glad to see Thucydides down there on the list.
by hyperion2010 11y ago
Glad to see Thucydides down there on the list.
- mpyne 11y agoTruly proof that there is nothing new under the sun. Between Pericles's justification for why Athens had to expand to the unexpected agony of the plague, the decision to undertake the Sicilian expedition, the capture of the Spartiates, etc. etc... war hasn't really changed in millenia, only the technology has. Even today, war in the end almost always devolves to questions of fear, honor or interest, just as described by Thucydides.