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Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow)

2024/4/23

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Tim Harford: 克雷西战役中，法军失败并非源于单一原因，而是军队内部等级制度和文化导致的集体性失误。法军骑士的个人荣誉感和对荣耀的追求，使他们忽视了战略战术，盲目冲锋，未能服从命令，错失良机。法军对新式武器（长弓）的轻视，以及缺乏有效的指挥和控制，也加剧了失败。 Dan Snow: 印加帝国的覆灭，是军事实力和文化冲突共同作用的结果。欧洲疾病的传播削弱了印加帝国的抵抗能力，而印加帝国内部的内战和权力集中，进一步加剧了其脆弱性。西班牙征服者利用印加帝国的文化差异，采取了背信弃义的手段，最终征服了印加帝国。印加帝国的军事战略和战术落后于西班牙，缺乏应对火器和骑兵的有效手段，也是其失败的重要原因。印加帝国的文化和传统，在面对新的挑战时，成为其固守传统，忽视改变的阻碍。 Dan Snow: 克雷西战役中，法国王位继承的不确定性导致了战争的爆发，而法军在战场上的表现，也反映了其军队内部的等级制度和文化问题。优秀的军事指挥官和文化能够让士兵服从命令，而法军缺乏这种文化，导致士兵们盲目冲锋，最终导致失败。英格兰长弓手的成功，不仅在于长弓本身的威力，更在于英格兰长期以来对弓箭技术的重视和培养，以及由此形成的文化和经济基础。历史上，统治阶级往往对新技术和新方法缺乏重视，这会导致战略上的失误。法军骑士的失败并非源于错误的决策，而是因为他们根深蒂固的文化使得他们连提出质疑都不曾想过。即使是成功的文化，在面对新的挑战时也可能成为阻碍。

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Tim Harford and Dan Snow discuss the lead-up to the Battle of Crécy in 1346, focusing on the political and military tensions between England and France, and the strategic decisions that led to the conflict.

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Bonus: When Spanish conquistadors arrived in Peru in 1526, it was the beginning of the end for the Inca. Their bloody pursuit of gold, fame and fortune was rife with treachery and deceit. Within a few short years, the once-thriving Inca empire had been decimated.

Tim Harford is joined by Dan Snow for a special crossover episode of Cautionary Tales and Dan Snow's History Hit. Tim and Dan first recap the spectacular defeat of the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346, and then draw surprising parallels with the fall of the Inca Empire two centuries later.

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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Blood and Gold (with Dan Snow)