What kind of history is informing today’s decisions in Washington as the war in Ukraine nears the conclusion of its first month? According to historian Niall Ferguson, President Biden and other US offcials are making a colossal mistake in thinking he can bleed Russia dry, topple Putin and signal to China to keep its hands off Taiwan. Ferguson joined the John Adams online last year to discuss his book Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.
Biden’s misunderstanding of history
What kind of history is informing today’s decisions in Washington as the war in Ukraine drags on? According to historian Niall Ferguson, President Biden is making a colossal mistake in thinking he can bleed Russia dry and topple Putin. Ferguson joined the John Adams online last year to discuss his book Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe.
