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It’s a truism as old as warfare itself—spectacular victories often at a terrible cost. Once upon a time there was a weekly network television program called grew up in the 1960s or ’70s, you’ll remember the Wide World of Sports. If you opening sequence: dramatic video clips of various athletes winning or losing. The voice-over …
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