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Lessons learned from 9/11: The Pill is mightier than the sword

Malcolm Potts, professor of population and family planning | September 7, 2011

Wars drive technology and technology drives warfare. All too often, generals and politicians fight today’s war with yesterday’s strategies. In the American Civil War generals sent men into battle to face greatly improved firearms, but they continued to marshal their troops in the formations Napoleon had used. At Gettysburg over 7,000 men died and over … Continue reading »