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“I’m saying the shape of events recurs. The names change—Caesar, Napoleon, Yamamoto—but the hesitation before a gamble, the way generals lie to themselves about supply lines… that’s not contingent. That’s samsara of strategy.”
“You see this?” Mathur tapped a 1942 map of the Pacific. “The Battle of Midway. Six months after Pearl Harbor. The coral reefs turned on their own—oil slicks, burning carriers. Pure contingency. A few hundred meters of ocean decided the 20th century.”
“Alright,” he said. “Let’s try it your way. Tell me about the shape of the Cold War.”
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“I’m saying the shape of events recurs. The names change—Caesar, Napoleon, Yamamoto—but the hesitation before a gamble, the way generals lie to themselves about supply lines… that’s not contingent. That’s samsara of strategy.”
“You see this?” Mathur tapped a 1942 map of the Pacific. “The Battle of Midway. Six months after Pearl Harbor. The coral reefs turned on their own—oil slicks, burning carriers. Pure contingency. A few hundred meters of ocean decided the 20th century.” jain and mathur world history
“Alright,” he said. “Let’s try it your way. Tell me about the shape of the Cold War.” “I’m saying the shape of events recurs