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The West's Lost Wars – Pereslegin Sergey, Shilov Sergey – Publishing house "Tion" – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-908027-22-9

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Why is it generally believed that the West almost always wins? And what changes if we look at history differently—as a chain of not only triumphs but also crushing, fateful defeats? This book offers precisely such a perspective. Sergei Pereslegin and Sergei Shilov trace the history of the West from the Trojan War and the collapse of the Bronze Age to the fall of Rome, the Crusades, the Napoleonic Wars, global conflicts, and the US defeat in Vietnam, showing how military failures changed not only the borders but the very structure of Western civilization.

This is not just a review of battles, but a comprehensive reflection on the nature of the West, its strengths, internal contradictions, and recurring mistakes. The authors view wars as tests of a civilizational model in which individualism, ambition, pride, elite struggle, and overestimation of one's own capabilities often resulted in strategic disasters. This book is for those who want to understand how great projects collapse, why even the most powerful civilizations lose, and what lessons
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