“Over two thousand years ago, Polybius, the soundest of ancient historians, began his History with the remark that "the most instructive, indeed the only method of learning to bear with dignity the vicissitude of fortune, is to recall the catastrophes of others." 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.” (B. H. Liddell Hart and Giles Laurén, Why Don't We Learn From History?)