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| − | * '''2007-01-22''' "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, [http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5914 Part I] and [http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5926 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 | + | * '''2007-01-22''' "The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign" by Brent T. Ranalli, [http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5914 Part I] and [http://www.theglobalist.com/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=5926 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 [[wikipedia:Alcibiades|Alcibiades]]) |
* '''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]] | ||
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- 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
- 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