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It would have been stupid not to try peace. Germany hasn't invaded France (or vice versa) for two generations now. The Soviet Union dissolved itself peacefully
by knallfrosch 8mo ago
It would have been stupid not to try peace.
Germany hasn't invaded France (or vice versa) for two generations now. The Soviet Union dissolved itself peacefully by act of parliament. (Compare to Germany/Japan/Napoleon)
- hiprob 8mo ago"Peacefully" is a strong word, that same parliament would later be "peacefully" removed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_cr...
- knallfrosch 8mo agoCan you name a more peaceful end of an 20th century empire?
- graemep 8mo agoIf you want peace, prepare for war
- mothballed 8mo agoAnd if you aren't prepared, but you have peace anyway, you never really made the choice. You just had a bout of luck.