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Old 09-10-2012, 07:16 PM   #22
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Default Re: Modelling History Through Cycles

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Originally Posted by Joe View Post
Is there a convincing case for the idea that large, nasty wars come in periodic cycles? I'd be really interested to find out.

When I first hear the idea, it strikes me as pretty far-fetched - I guess because I think of human societies as being extraordinarily complex things, meaning that their history is extraordinarily complex, too; and it's so very, very easy to see patterns in any complex data if you're just willing to squint a bit.

But I could totally be wrong!

There's nearly always a war on someplace.
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