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Chartbook #109: War at the end of history

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Chartbook #109: War at the end of history

Adam Tooze
Apr 9, 2022
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Chartbook #109: War at the end of history

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War and history are intertwined. Entire conceptions of history are defined by what status one accords to war in one’s theory of change. War is certainly not the only way to punctuate history, but it is clearly one of the pacemakers. Battles and campaigns are not the only events that define winners and losers, but they do matter. In its heyday war was the great engine of history.

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