tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3408999101245689805..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Foreshadowings IIIKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-87843937874301130702016-06-04T13:47:24.126+01:002016-06-04T13:47:24.126+01:00Kaor, Paul!
We see similar sentiments being expre...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />We see similar sentiments being expressed by Colonel John Christian Falkenberg and other characters in Pournelle/Stirling's Co-Dominium stories. That is, the best military action can do is buy time for the politician to find workable solutions for the mistakes and problems which had made war inevitable.<br /><br />And one sign of a falling civilization will be neglect of public hygiene, with all that it means in dirt, squalor, and diseases. But I think the Eastern Roman Empire, down to its later years, managed to uphold higher standards of public cleanliness.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com