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The European history of the twentieth century shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary men can find themselves standing over death pits with guns in their hands.
Timothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Europe, as noted earlier, has in a short span of time gone from being the most predictable and stable region—one where history seemed to have truly ended (as suggested in an influential essay published in 1989 by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama)—to something dramatically different. Democracy, prosperity, and peace all seemed firml
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
War for Eternity: Inside Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers
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On the eve of the close encounter with the West, China’s distinctive political trajectory (still dominated by its symbiotic relationship with Inner Asia) propelled it not towards an all-powerful oriental despotism (imagined by Europeans) – which might have permitted drastic change in the face of external challenge – but instead still further toward
... See moreJohn Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
cold-blooded need for control.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
