Gee... Use history as a guide to our policy decisions.
What a radical idea. /S
The odd thing about this ‘Greek-history-lesson’ is that a hundred years ago...it would have been discussed in a university class as standard lecture, along with Roman-history. Educated gentlemen would have sat around and discussed the topic with a cigar in one hand and a whiskey in the other.
Yes, using history as a guide rather than deciding based on what looks good on the evening news or who pays you the most money
A radical idea indeed
One of the great honors of my life was to be invited the George W Bush’s White House to discuss war & history. John Keegan & Victor Davis Hanson & two others were there. Bush asked excellent questions.