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“What is it, then?”

They sat in silence. Then Mathur picked up a piece of charcoal and began drawing on the stone wall. Not a map. A timeline: 79 CE Vesuvius, 536 CE the dust veil, 1347 the plague ships at Messina, 1914 the shot in Sarajevo. jain and mathur world history

Then, during a faculty retreat in the Himalayas, they found themselves stranded by a landslide. Two days, no signal, just a stone shelter and a single kerosene lamp. “What is it, then

“I’m saying the shape of events recurs. The names change—Caesar, Napoleon, Yamamoto—but the hesitation before a gamble, the way generals lie to themselves about supply lines… that’s not contingent. That’s samsara of strategy.” A timeline: 79 CE Vesuvius, 536 CE the

On the second night, Mathur said, “We’re going to die here.”

“Alright,” he said. “Let’s try it your way. Tell me about the shape of the Cold War.”