Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean and stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria, and from the Rhine to the North African coast.
Christopher Kelly, Oxford University Press, 24 August 2006
Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it?
Bryan Ward-Perkins, Oxford University Press, 13 July 2006
China is the world’s next superpower. Should the West celebrate – or be afraid? Is China a friend to be welcomed or a foe to be guarded against?
Hugo de Burgh, Icon Books Ltd, 4 May 2006
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