Collaboration Is Risky. If It Fails, If

All Empires Have Depended On Local Legitimacy And Local Collaboration; They Are Not Based Primarily On Coercion. An Imperial Rule That Relies Wholly On Coercion Can't Endure. It's Too Expensive.

Collaboration Is Risky. If It Fails, If The Occupation Is Wound Up Prematurely And The Bad Guys Come Back To Power, You Might Find Yourself In Some Serious Trouble.

A Historian Is Battling All The Time To Remember As Much As Possible.

The Law Of Unintended Consequences Is The Only Real Law Of History.

The Ascent Of Money Has Been Essential To The Ascent Of Man.