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American Universities Declare War on Military History

Academics seem to have forgotten that the best way to avoid conflict is to study it.

They’re history.

They’re history.

Photographer: Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images

The world applauds the scientists who have created vaccines to deliver humanity from Covid-19. One certainty about our future: There will be no funding shortfall for medical research into pandemics.

Now, notice a contradiction. War is also a curse, responsible for untold deaths. Humans should do everything possible to mitigate it. And even if scientists cannot promise a vaccine, the obvious place to start working against future conflicts is by researching the causes and courses of past ones.