On page 18, he quotes the economist Milton Friedman ... Maybe, but it is not enough to count as “history.” Thucydides’ judgment is suspect as well. A participant in the Peloponnesian ...

In Thucydides, the war found an author of meticulous standard and dedication who created a work that still resonates in the disciplines of history, international relations, and political science.

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 ...

He really nailed Thucydides. To the father of history, getting the “storyline ... akin to a palace coup by neocons. On page 18, he quotes the economist Milton Friedman, “Only a crisis ...