THE WEST
June 2008
‘To defend and celebrate Western civilisation is not merely desirable; it is imperative’
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June 2008
The new transatlantic buzzword is actually a very old one — ancient Greek, in fact. Thumos is defined by Robert Kagan as “a spiritedness and ferocity in defence of clan, tribe, city, or state”.
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