“History is not just something that is behind us; it is also something that follows us. " - Detective Kurt Wallander, in The Troubled Men by Henning Mankell I came across a quote from a book called "The Black Swan" that a friend of mine had. It was written by a writer called Nassim Taleb. It said that “History is unpredictable.” They are just three very simple words, but they mean something. One can argue with this statement because of the definition. It is clear to me that we cannot define the story as dead, predictive or even safe such historical events have taken place, there may be some events interconnected with other historical events in a different time period We may not know that past historical events may be repeated in the present, or perhaps in the future. An example of these problems is the consequences of 9/11, which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the invasion of Iraq in 2003. After a day of the 9/11 attack, which occurred on September 12, 2001, most of the newspaper article reported a common line in the paragraph relating to this issue about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. The event began with different terms than those used, such as “ground zero”. Both the Pearl Harbor and September 11 attacks resulted in no declaration of war in the US. The consequences of both attacks were based on the exaggeration of fears along with the attacks that followed. In 1941, people feared that the Japanese would conduct an attack on the West Coast, and in 2001 the airspaces were closed for days to prevent fears of further attacks. Both the 9/11 and Pearl Harbor attacks show the enormous failu...... middle of paper ......ng, is the fact that it is not man's long-standing struggle for survival, values ​​and identity. It resembles the ways adopted and the methods used. The ideas that make us think that these events were not random, but were in fact simply a sequence of planned activities that paved the way towards a goal. However, the presence of such pain and the revelation of mistakes has always worked against man's constant struggle for a better life, and he does not have the ability to learn from the past. Works Cited by Nassim, Nicholas Taleb (2008). The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2nd ed.). Penguin Books Limited.Boyer, Paul S. et al (2013). The Enduring Vision, Volume Two: since 1865. (7th concise edition). Boston, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.Dower, John W. (2011). Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor/Hiroshima/9-11/Iraq. WWNorton.