Carnage And Culture

Guns Germs And Steel
Carnage And Culture 2002

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About Carnage and Culture. 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.
A graphic retelling of military battles from the Greek's victory at Salamis to the Vietnam War, CARNAGE AND CULTURE is also an important contribution to our understanding of the rise of Western power. New York Times Best Seller 'Victor Davis Hanson is courting controversy once again with another highly readable, lucid work.

: Victor Davis Hanson

Culturally speaking, of course. Rather, that is the premise of Victor Davis Hanson’s interesting Carnage and Culture. Before I go on, let me stress the interesting, for I mean that in the very Confucian sense of the word. Hanson apes John Keegan’s Face of Battle in using a case study approach of selected battles to prove a larger point. CARNAGE AND CULTURE: The Western Way of War with Victor Davis Hanson Wednesday, March 12, 2003 Is the culture of the West—the line of cultural tradition that connects modern America and Europe with ancient Greece and Rome—particularly lethal in war? Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson What a tremendous book! I read this book in the Fall of 2009. I was so impressed and fascinated by this book I decided to read it again.

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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.

2001-09-22T20:50:50-04:00

Guns Germs And Steel

https://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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