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What Genghis Khan Could Teach Trump

DECISIVE

Revered by the likes of Chaucer and Jefferson, the Mongol leader is dismissed today as merely a ruthless barbarian. So why did he succeed in the Middle East where we have so spectacularly failed?

Jack Weatherford
Jack Weatherford
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Jack Weatherford

Jack Weatherford

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