Arthur Herman: After COVID, the Afghanistan debacle, the wisdom of the Vikings can help an America in crisis

Can the distant past offer answers to the crises plaguing modern-day Americans? Even if it did, would those Americans listen? 

The answer to both questions is yes. 

Twenty years after 9/11, Americans find are wondering what’s ahead after COVID and our debacle in Afghanistan.  

ARTHUR HERMAN: HOW TO THINK LIKE A VIKING IN THE AGE OF COVID

In September 2001 I published a book called “How The Scots Invented The Modern World.” It showed how a small ethnic group – the Scots of Scotland – became the carriers of the seeds of modernization. …