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Might Ukraine’s Kursk offensive be a precursor to peace?

21 September 2024

4:44 PM

21 September 2024

4:44 PM

Historian Victor Davis Hanson’s most recent book, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation looks at four historical examples of where a conflict has resulted in the complete collapse and eradication of an entire civilisation. Ancient Thebes, Carthage, the Byzantine Empire, and the Aztecs all disappeared because of wars that took a disastrous turn.

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