Current Events: The Bolivarian Revolution and Why It Is Important
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Over on the Musings on History podcast, I’ve been doing a series called “The Lives of Three Generals” where I have been discussing the life and times of Julius Caesar, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and General Simon Bolivar. I just finished up the Tokugawa episodes and it has been a real eye opener for me. I’m discovering how “the times make the man” and how a culture in crisis can incubate the kind of transformative generals that these men were. Currently I’m writing and researching the final general of the series, Simon Bolivar, and discussing him seems even more relevant given what is going on in the world of geopolitics today.
Current Events: The Bolivarian Revolution and Why It Is Important
Current Events: The Bolivarian Revolution and…
Current Events: The Bolivarian Revolution and Why It Is Important
Over on the Musings on History podcast, I’ve been doing a series called “The Lives of Three Generals” where I have been discussing the life and times of Julius Caesar, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and General Simon Bolivar. I just finished up the Tokugawa episodes and it has been a real eye opener for me. I’m discovering how “the times make the man” and how a culture in crisis can incubate the kind of transformative generals that these men were. Currently I’m writing and researching the final general of the series, Simon Bolivar, and discussing him seems even more relevant given what is going on in the world of geopolitics today.