Is History Still History?
The step-by-step logic that once led to war — and why it suddenly feels familiar again
“The Rhineland must be occupied! Austria belongs to Germany! The Sudetenland must be ceded to Germany! Poland must be wiped out for threatening Germany!”
Just a few chart-topping songs from a bygone era.
What made those demands sound acceptable wasn’t madness or menace. It was familiarity. They became normalized after the first outrage. Each successive ou…
