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Through vivid depictions of historic battles, Hanson reveals the connection between the West's superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance. of photos.
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When the trumpet sounded, the soldiers took up their arms and went out.
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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.
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.
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- Title Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
- Author Victor Hanson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Condition New
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Anchor Books, NEW YORK
- Date 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 2-0385720386
- ISBN 9780385720380 / 0385720386
- Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 7.96 x 5.18 x 1.09 in (20.22 x 13.16 x 2.77 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Battles, Military history
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00065582
- Dewey Decimal Code 904.7
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