Will US Proxy War in Ukraine Collapse America?

A new book on ancient Greek history shows how a proxy war brought Athens to its knees and made Sparta king. Author Paul Rahe tells Lee Smith how America can avoid a similar proxy war disaster in this episode of Words That Matter.

Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.

• 01:24 Paul Rahe, Professor of History, Hillsdale College
• 02:08 Paul Rahe, author, Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War
• 02:40 Rahe’s ancient Greek history focuses not on Sparta
• 03:35 No interest in Athens until French Revolution
• 04:02 Modern political thought focuses on Sparta
• 05:30 Foreign policy realism ignores regime identities
• 09:01: US foreign policy, Bush to Biden, is disastrous
• 11:26 Reagan contained Soviet expansion through ideological warfare
• 16:11 US policy making after the Cold War
• 18:25 Ancient Greek history and proxy wars 
• 19:55 Sparta used proxy Sicily to wear down Athens  
• 21:29 Athens’ expansion led to Spartan victory
• 24:07 Proxy wars, Ukraine, and geopolitical implications
• 24:29 Proxy wars to wear down the U.S.
• 25:25 Ukraine-Russia war has caused significant harm 
• 28:47 Obama’s perceived weakness emboldened Putin
• 30:36 Trump’s actions may have deterred wars

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