The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics-that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens-but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle....

One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient...

The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America von Hanson, Victor Davis

Donald J. Trump triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become President of the United States -- and an extremely...

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...

"Wars of the Ancient Greeks" von Victor Davis Hanson ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die militärische Geschichte der antiken griechischen Welt beleuchtet. Das Buch untersucht die Entwicklung der Kriegsführung in Griechenland von der...