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At least ten U.S. service members were injured in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday, according to reports. Two of the troops were seriously injured as well, the Associated Press reported on Friday night. Multiple U.S. and Arab officials said that a building on the base was struck […]
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This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Bret C. Devereaux, an ancient military historian and Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at North Carolina State University. As one of the earliest detailed records of how technology drives war and statecraft, Thucydides’ history proves a valuable guide to the human element for strategists and practitioners amid a time of great technical change. Thucydides is often described as a founder of the discipline of history, a writer who sought to explain events through causes rather than divine will or myth. In his effort to establish this new kind The post What Thucydides Really Thought About Technology and War appeared first on War on the Rocks