The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarian — William R. Forstchen, One Second After
The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarian — William R. Forstchen, One Second After
The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarian — William R. Forstchen, One Second After
The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarian — William R. Forstchen, One Second After
The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarian — William R. Forstchen, One Second After
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The moment of a fall from greatness often comes just when a people and a nation feel most secure. The cry "the barbarians are at the gates" too often comes as a terrifying bolt out of the blue, which is often the last cry ever heard.

— William R. Forstchen, One Second After
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