Thucydides's Trap and Wonder Woman
The blockbuster 'Wonder Woman' featured a conversation between General Erich Ludendorff, a real Prussian general responsible for Germany’s military policy and strategy in latter years of WWI, and Wonder Woman.
General Ludendorff: “Enjoying the party?”
Wonder Woman (Diana): “I confess I’m not sure what we’re celebrating tonight.”
General Ludendorff: “A German victory, of course.”
Wonder Woman (Diana): “Victory? When I hear peace is so close?”
General Ludendorff: “Peace is only an armistice in an endless war.”
Wonder Woman (Diana): “Thucydides.”
General Ludendorff: “You know your Ancient Greeks. They understood that War is a God. A God that requires human sacrifice.”