The End of Everything: How Great Empires Died
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The End of Everything: How Great Empires Died
29.99 €
War can topple tyrants, change the map of the world, and even change the course of history. But more often than not, war has ended in the total destruction of countries, marking the end of political systems, cultures, and eras. While much has changed over the millennia, human nature has remained the same. Modern societies are not immune to the horrors of wars of total annihilation.
In The End of Everything, military historian Victor Davis Hanson tells the story of the collapse of four civilizations, from antiquity to the conquest of the New World. The author convincingly shows how quickly, under conditions of war, societies slide into barbarism and total destruction. In the stories of the fall of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he reveals the tragedy, cruelty, and madness of war. Emphasizing the helplessness of the defeated and the madness of mass murder, Hanson addresses modern readers with a sober warning: learn from the lessons of the past, lest the catastrophe be repeated again.
The stories of the collapse of these four civilizations serve not only as a reminder of the tragic consequences of war, but also as a warning for the modern world. They show how quickly prosperous societies can descend into chaos and destruction when dialogue and reason are replaced by rage and the desire to destroy. These lessons from the past are like a mirror in which we can see our own vulnerabilities and mistakes reflected back to us, so that we can avoid repeating the same disasters in the future.
In The End of Everything, military historian Victor Davis Hanson tells the story of the collapse of four civilizations, from antiquity to the conquest of the New World. The author convincingly shows how quickly, under conditions of war, societies slide into barbarism and total destruction. In the stories of the fall of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he reveals the tragedy, cruelty, and madness of war. Emphasizing the helplessness of the defeated and the madness of mass murder, Hanson addresses modern readers with a sober warning: learn from the lessons of the past, lest the catastrophe be repeated again.
The stories of the collapse of these four civilizations serve not only as a reminder of the tragic consequences of war, but also as a warning for the modern world. They show how quickly prosperous societies can descend into chaos and destruction when dialogue and reason are replaced by rage and the desire to destroy. These lessons from the past are like a mirror in which we can see our own vulnerabilities and mistakes reflected back to us, so that we can avoid repeating the same disasters in the future.
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