Rise and fall: when Attila is dead. (glasnost)

From: National Review | Date: April 15, 1991| Author: Kaplinski, Jean | Copyright information

IT HAS happened many times in history. A nation, a people is seized by a sudden burst of destructive, barbaric energy. The old leaders fall, new ones emerge, the established order is turned upside down. Often this is coupled with strong expansionist tendencies: powerful armies are built up and new territories are conquered. In the beginning, these armies are nearly invincible-the Huns, the newly Islamic Arabs, the Mongols. The well-trained soldiers of the neighboring states cannot ...

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