The Trojan War

The Trojan Horse is the ur example of confounding the enemy, the wiles of Odysseus the epitome of the cleverness that has characterized great generals. But remember Pyrrhus? Win the battle and lose the war or there's Clausewitz famous dictum, war is simply a continuation of diplomacy by other means. The fine line between war and diplomacy is echoed in the choice between B-2 bunker busters and a delegation proceeding to Geneva. Then there's "the domino theory" and  "spheres of influence" another Cold War adage --that’s curiously relevant today considering the new Axis of North Korea, Russia and China Finally, there was Mata Hari and the Trojans  undoubtedly enlisted by The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

read "The Waste Land" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star

and also read "Punk" by Francis Levy, Vol.1 Brooklyn