"Naturally there is a difference between a fight over contested territory and a confrontation between two different cultures. Wars between cultures are conflicts over principles, over questions of faith, involving the complete displacement of either one or the other of the antagonists.
History has shown that when two different societies clash it is by no means certain that the socially and materially more advanced will be the victor. The history of antiquity is rich with examples of that kind. Very often a relatively highly advanced society ventured forth to conquest only to find that its resources were very quickly drained to an unreplenishable extent. It depended upon a leader or leadership elite which when removed caused the collapse of the entire edifice of expansive ambitions.
A history of warfare should not only concern the heroism, indifference or cowardice of individuals or armies but should discuss the societies which reared them, the social and economic framework within which they operated, and the changes within that framework."
We find ourselves at the end of our amusements.
05-Jun-2017 01:22:27
