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The fall of the Roman Empire: the military explanation.
National Review
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June 19, 1987|
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The Fall of the Roman Empire:
The Military Explanation
by Arther Ferrill(Thames and Hudson, 192 pp., $22.50)
IT IS A shame that our children arenot taught classical history any more (being subjected instead to something called "social studies'), because if they were, they would learn many important lessons. Among them, that progress is not inevitable.
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