Author: Victor Davis Hanson
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- Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power. Victor Davis Hanson (Doubleday, September 2001, 492 pp., $29.95) Reviewed by J. Clements “Military history must never stray from the tragic story killing” – Victor D.
- Carnage and culture: landmark battles in the rise of Western power by Hanson, Victor Davis. Publication date 2001 Topics Battles, Military history Publisher.
- This is an extensive review essay by NDU Professor Christopher Bassford on Victor Davis Hanson's book, 'Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power' (New York: Doubleday, 2001). It references key works by William McNeill, Robert Drews, Lawrence Keeley, Jared Diamond, and-in a negative vein-John Keegan.
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive--Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values–the tradition of dissent, the value placed on inventiveness and adaptation, the concept of citizenship–which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers. Offering riveting battle narratives and a balanced perspective that avoids simple triumphalism, Carnage and Culture demonstrates how armies cannot be separated from the cultures that produce them and explains why an army produced by a free culture will always have the advantage.
2001-09-22T20:50:50-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/937/20010922211655002_hd.jpgVictor Davis Hanson talked about his book, Carnage and Culture. Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power. Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power which examines nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times. He answered questions.
Victor Davis Hanson talked about his book, Carnage and Culture. Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power. Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power which examines nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times. He answered questions.
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