Thursday, February 7, 2013

Works and Days » War’s Paradoxes II: From the Peloponnesian War to ‘Leading From Behind’

Works and Days » War’s Paradoxes II: From the Peloponnesian War to ‘Leading From Behind’   
Athens never quite learned when to pull back, consolidate, and walk away. And America's "leading from ahead" strategy has largely been replaced by “leading from behind,” and outsourcing legitimacy to trans-national agencies like the Arab League and the United Nations. Then and now, victories lead to hubris that leads to overreaching that leads to folly, and eventually ruin.
     

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