There are few things as revealing of a nation’s soul as the way it arms itself, not merely in the sense of conquest and defence, but in the quiet rituals and peculiar allegiances woven into its martial traditions. A nation’s weapons are never just instruments of war; they are reflections of its fears, its aspirations,…
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