Document Category: War

  • Lessons from Thucydides

    Lessons from Thucydides

    The following was first published on Cumberland Advisors’ website and via LISTSERV. For details, visit https://www.cumber.com/. Inspired by the work of Graham Allison and his recent book, Destined for War, Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?, noted are some lessons from history and antiquity.  We learned about money and debt and financing of defense…