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* '''2006-12-03''' [http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-12-03-1.html How Our Civilization ''Can'' Fall] by [[Orson Scott Card]]: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain [[US invasion of Iraq|in Iraq]], based on historical civilization-wide crashes | * '''2006-12-03''' [http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/2006-12-03-1.html How Our Civilization ''Can'' Fall] by [[Orson Scott Card]]: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain [[US invasion of Iraq|in Iraq]], based on historical civilization-wide crashes | ||
* '''2002-07-22''' [http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_07_22_a_talent.htm The Talent Myth]: lessons from [[Enron]] and [[World War II]] | * '''2002-07-22''' [http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_07_22_a_talent.htm The Talent Myth]: lessons from [[Enron]] and [[World War II]] | ||
| + | * '''1998-12-22''' [http://www.gregpalast.com/miracle-cure-but-the-medicine-was-bright-red/ Miracle Cure, But The Medicine Was Bright Red] by Greg Palast: Chile meets Chicago-style economics; hilarious hijinks ensue | ||
* [http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture06.html History 102]: The Social Philosophy of American Businessmen, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison History Department | * [http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/lectures/lecture06.html History 102]: The Social Philosophy of American Businessmen, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison History Department | ||
* [http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp How Hitler rose to power] in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority | * [http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0403a.asp How Hitler rose to power] in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority | ||
* How [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/28/10395/6059 the US has recreated the Enabling Act] from 1933 Germany | * How [http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/28/10395/6059 the US has recreated the Enabling Act] from 1933 Germany | ||
* [[wikipedia:Able Archer 83|Able Archer 83]], a NATO excercise from 1983.11.02-11, came close to convincing the USSR that a first strike was imminent, in response to which they readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert. | * [[wikipedia:Able Archer 83|Able Archer 83]], a NATO excercise from 1983.11.02-11, came close to convincing the USSR that a first strike was imminent, in response to which they readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert. | ||
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Lessons
- 2007-01-22 "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, Part I and Part II: a lesson from 415 BC, in which Athens, a "superpower" of the day, was ultimately destroyed by over-investment in an ill-considered war (see also Alcibiades)
- 2006-12-03 How Our Civilization Can Fall by Orson Scott Card: offers a reasonable-sounding argument (and perhaps even a workable model) for the US to remain in Iraq, based on historical civilization-wide crashes
- 2002-07-22 The Talent Myth: lessons from Enron and World War II
- 1998-12-22 Miracle Cure, But The Medicine Was Bright Red by Greg Palast: Chile meets Chicago-style economics; hilarious hijinks ensue
- History 102: The Social Philosophy of American Businessmen, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison History Department
- How Hitler rose to power in a Democratic country even though his party were very much in the minority
- How the US has recreated the Enabling Act from 1933 Germany
- Able Archer 83, a NATO excercise from 1983.11.02-11, came close to convincing the USSR that a first strike was imminent, in response to which they readied their nuclear forces and placed air units in East Germany and Poland on alert.