Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's post-9/11 wars have undermined US national security.
Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's post-9/11 wars have undermined US national security.Carl Conetta. 05 September 2006. America's unique position of power in the post-Cold War era has often inspired comparisons to that of Rome during the rule of Augustus. But the security policy adopted by the United States, especially since the 9/11 attacks, calls to mind a different ancient place and personage: Pyrrhus (318 - 272 B.C.E.), king of Epirus, a Hellenistic realm...
Pyrrhus on the Potomac: How America's post-9/11 wars have undermined US national security. 
