The Crusades failed almost completely; two centuries of holy war ended in ruin at Acre. So why is this catastrophe the founding myth of the American right, and why does the US Secretary of War wear its battle cry on his bicep? New essay, on the crusade that never was. https://open.substack.com/pub/nordicledger/p/the-crusade-that-never-was?r=mwsn6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true








