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“Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi robots. That is the road to Greatness.”

Quote by Michael A. Ledeen

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Michael A. Ledeen

Michael A. Ledeen is an American historian and author specializing in modern European history, with a particular emphasis on the history of Italy and the Cold War. He has written extensively on these topics and is a prominent figure in historical research. more

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