Spartans Were Losers, or Flim-Flam Men

I found an interesting article entitled Spartans Were Losers; The U.S. military’s admiration of a proto-fascist city-state is based on bad history. It's worth a read. I found especially interesting the bit about how Sparta was especially bad at logistics. Another slave society, the Confederacy, was also bad at logistics, which is why they lost the war.

Sparta was "all hat and no cattle" yet, thanks to good PR, they are remembered today.