Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power - Victor Davis Hanson - Libros - Random House USA Inc - 9780385720380 - 27 de agosto de 2002
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Victor Davis Hanson
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power

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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.

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Medios de comunicación Libros     Paperback Book   (Libro con tapa blanda y lomo encolado)
Publicado 27 de agosto de 2002
ISBN13 9780385720380
Editores Random House USA Inc
Páginas 544
Dimensiones 202 × 134 × 32 mm   ·   485 g
Lengua Inglés  

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