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In Jiang's reading, Nicias tried to deter the Athenians by demanding a massive expedition, but the warning backfired and made the Athenians embrace a shock-and-awe expedition.
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Sicily
Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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Jiang turns late Inferno and early Purgatorio into a struggle over imagination itself.
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He argues that the central problem in a distant expedition is resupply, a problem Athens had little experience solving because it had not fought that kind of foreign war.
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Jiang says the turning point in the Peloponnesian War was the pointless and costly Sicilian expedition, which damaged Athens not only by losing men but by bringing Syracuse into the war as a new naval opponent.
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"...the turning point in the war was actually the invasion of Sicily, right? So before then, it was not really a problem for Athens...."
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"...know that you think this war is a good idea. But Sicily is a huge place. It has a navy. Therefore, we need a..."
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"...say, that's a great idea. Let's send a massive force against Sicily and Syracuse so the war can be won just like that. Okay?..."
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"...like this before, okay? So they sent this huge expedition against Sicily. And Syracuse, which was a naval power, were surprised, because they were..."
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"...again you may go to my lovely daughter mother kings of sicily and aragon tell her the truth lest she's heard something other after..."
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"...and the fierce Dionysus, who brought such years of grief to Sicily. That brow with hair so black is Asselino. That other there, the..."
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"...The most famous example is during the Peloponnesian War, Athens attacks Sicily, for no particular reason. And, and then but if you look at..."
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"...war against Sparta they launched an ill -advised silly invasion of Sicily um and they lost the war"
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"...Vietnam War I've looked at the Peloponnesian War where Athens invaded Sicily. I've looked at the Nazi Germany invasion of Russia. And by looking..."
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"...that don't even not even a part of this war okay Sicily so remember um the Athenians it's a mafia state what they do..."
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"...not only fighting enemies overseas sparta and um it's and uh sicily uh syracuse it was also fighting an internal civil war right so..."
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"...be exactly the same as what happened to the Athenians in Sicily. They go into Sicily, and they win all these major battles at..."
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