Rise and fall if the Roman Empire was mostly objective. Read this first. Then read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Still reasonably objective, but you can see the social bias. Still much better than anything you see today.
Rise and fall if the Roman Empire was mostly objective. Read this first. Then read Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Still reasonably objective, but you can see the social bias. Still much better than anything you see today.
I've read Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
I've read Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Rise and Fall was about military tactics. I was thinking about "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" when I made the comment. Decline covers the politics of corruption that led to the downfall. If you have not read it, it is a great baseline for the statement "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it". We have been repeating the same mistakes for over a millennium.
Rise and Fall was about military tactics. I was thinking about "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" when I made the comment. Decline covers the politics of corruption that led to the downfall. If you have not read it, it is a great baseline for the statement "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it". We have been repeating the same mistakes for over a millennium.
Ah ha, ok, will check that out.
Ah ha, ok, will check that out.
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