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Obama, ‘how wars end in the 21st century,’ and dangerous civilizational complacency

Peace in our time.

New post up at Liberty Unyielding. Enjoy!

Author theoptimisticconservativePosted on May 30, 2014Categories Cultures, General military, Great power geopolitics, History, Philosophy of war, Strategy, US Foreign policy, War, WesternTags 1914, 2014, complacency, Congress of Vienna, Europe, Geopolitics, Helmut von Moltke, how wars end in the 21st century, hubris about war, International security, limited war, Military, models of war, Napoleonic wars, National defense, Norman Angell, Obama, Otto von Bismarck, Statesmanship, The West, total war, War, World War I2 Comments on Obama, ‘how wars end in the 21st century,’ and dangerous civilizational complacency

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