The fall of modernity
The American Conservative
by Michael Vlahos
02/26/07
We are losing our wars in the Muslim world because our vision of history is at odds with reality. This is a well-established condition of successful societies, a condition that inevitably grows more worrisome with time and continuing success. In fact, what empires have most in common is how their sacred narratives come to rule their strategic behavior — and rule it badly. In America’s case, our war narrative works against us to promote our deepest fear: the end of modernity...
http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_02_26/feature.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Michael Vlahos
02/26/07
We are losing our wars in the Muslim world because our vision of history is at odds with reality. This is a well-established condition of successful societies, a condition that inevitably grows more worrisome with time and continuing success. In fact, what empires have most in common is how their sacred narratives come to rule their strategic behavior — and rule it badly. In America’s case, our war narrative works against us to promote our deepest fear: the end of modernity...
http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_02_26/feature.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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