Commentary
At the end of his magisterial book “How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower,” Adrian Goldsworthy compared the fate of imperial Rome with that of the contemporary United States.
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill on June 23, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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Roger Kimball
Author
Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”
