2. Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, trans. Rex Warner (Harmondsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1954), p. 48. 3. T he problem, unfortunately, is that most statesmen and military leaders ...

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Where modern analysts often search for predictive patterns and system-level explanations, Thucydides drew attention to the role of choice, perception and emotion. His history is filled with the ...

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Coined by political scientist Graham Allison — first in a 2012 Financial Times article and later developed in his 2017 book “Destined for War” — the phrase refers to a line from the ancient Greek ...