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Thucydides in Afghanistan: Imperial Abstraction, Moral Displacement, and Hubris

Astonishment at the fall of Kabul reflect habits of imperial abstraction, moral displacement and hubris that are prefigured in Thucydides writings about ancient Greece.
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