![]() ![]() ![]() It is the lessons of Byzantine grand strategy that America must rediscover today.įortunately, the Byzantines are far easier to learn from than the Romans, who left virtually no written legacy of their strategy and tactics, just textual fragments and one bookish compilation by Vegetius, who knew little about statecraft or war. Better instead to look to the empire's eastern incarnation: Byzantium, which outlasted its Roman predecessor by eight centuries. It has never been Rome, but to adopt its strategies - its ruthless expansion of empire, domination of foreign peoples, and bone-crushing brand of total war - would only hasten the US's decline. The United States needs serious strategic counseling. Edward Luttwak is Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, DC) and author of The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire.Įconomic crisis, mounting national debt, excessive foreign commitments - this is no way to run an empire. ![]()
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