Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson

Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson

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.

Victor Davis Hanson is an author and writer of numerous works, including The Landmark Thucydides: A Complete Guide to the Peloponnesian War, which he teaches at California State University, Fresno.

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ISBN 13	9780385720380
ISBN 10	0385720386
Titel	Carnage and Culture
Autor	Victor Davis Hanson
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Random House USA Inc
Erscheinungsjahr	2002-08-27
Seitenanzahl	544
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