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To: zonder who wrote (15510)	4/23/2003 6:03:07 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) of 21614

zonder, Re: I was sort of obsessed with the rise and fall of empires, the Ottoman Empire in particular The Osman boys did good for a very long time. The thing that very much impressed me about the final denouement of the Sultanate was that the republican Turks seemed to harbor little or no resentments about the vast wealth that was squandered on such unworthy and incompetent leaders as the last three Caliphs. *********** I enjoyed this quick take on misgovernments: Misgovernment is of four kinds, often in combination. They are: 1) tyranny or oppression, of which history provides so many well-known examples that they do not need citing; 2) excessive ambition, such as Athens' attempted conquest of Sicily in the Peloponnesian War, Philip II's of England via the Armada, Germany's twice-attempted rule of Europe by a self-conceived master race, Japan's bid for an empire of Asia; 3) incompetence or decadence, as in the case of the late Roman empire, the last Romanovs and the last imperial dynasty of China; and finally 4) folly or perversity. -- Barbara W. Tuchman Source: harpers.org

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