In a wide-ranging interview on the latest episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special,” military historian Victor Davis Hanson warned that America’s global dominance is waning as the nation grapples with growing debt, internal divisions, and a weakening military.
Shapiro opened the discussion by mentioning Hanson’s latest book, “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation,” and asked the historian to weigh in on the current state of global affairs, especially considering that “there’s obviously a vacancy at the top of the American government.”
“So when you look at the world scene, how dangerous are things and where are the chief lines of danger?” he asked Hanson.
“Well, you know, in the book, I looked at four historical examples of complete civilizational erasure. And there were common themes. One is that a society that is targeted or…