Tarik Cyril Amar's Substack and Podcast - The Ninth Wave

Tarik Cyril Amar's Substack and Podcast - The Ninth Wave

Birth of a Myth

By replacing his top general, Zelensky has laid a trap for himself

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Tarik Cyril Amar
Feb 13, 2024
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In his early masterpiece, the pre-World War II ‘Le fil de l’épée,’ a young Charles de Gaulle observed that soldiers and politicians usually can’t get along well: They’re too different by temperament, socialization, and purpose. And yet the man who would brilliantly succeed at being both a military and a political leader also insisted that, ultimately, t…

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