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Decapitate a strong leader without a solution for the power vacuum and bad elements sweep in very quickly — a lesson of the Second World War that Iraq ignored.

Drawn from what James Holland said

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government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

war Armed conflict and preparing for it: military spending, alliances, and what changes when machines are in the loop.

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What James Holland actually said

  1. James Holland British historian and writer specialising in the Second World War
    I think there are so many lessons from World War II that could have been brought into the history of the last 30 years, which weren’t, such as if you decapitate an incredibly strong leader, you get a power vacuum. And if you don’t have a solution for that power vacuum, lots of bad elements are going to sweep into that in very quick order, which of course, is exactly what happens in Iraq.

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