creating history

Reconstructing History, Part 6: Culture, History, and the Future

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Reconstructing History, Part 6: Culture, History, and the Future Culture is a difficult topic. For some, any discussion of culture, especially looking at them objectively for the results they produce, is a third rail. I discussed this at length in Part 5—Does Culture Matter? of the Maskirovka series. Part 5 looks at cultural assessment. The …

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Reconstructing History, Part 2: The Maskirovka of History

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Reconstructing History, Part 2: The Maskirovka of History   Traditional wisdom is the state has a monopoly the power to enact laws and compel their enforcement. As the Commander of CJTF-180 in Afghanistan once told me, “that briefs well, but can you do it?” Over the relevant range of western civilization since the Treaty of …

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