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Vdh's essay collection does a marvelous job with the central nature of warfare. He dispels the notion that military historians are somehow pro-war and secretly long for it. This group of essays imparts new understanding to the manner in which ancient ... Read More
Hanson points out that the union started the civil war with muskets, but ended the war with spencer repeating rifles and ironclad warships. Hanson stresses that studying military history will help us understand all the nuances of war in its totality. ... Read More
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Any credible professional historian has, i believe, a responsibility to his audience to acknowledge his biases and recognize that there are other views and opposing opinions that might be worthy of serious consideration. Worst of all however is the bo... Read More
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Quality
Having ideas reinforced from previous exposure is always a good way to firm up ones beliefs.
The author examines every facet, nook and cranny of the causes and repurcussions of war.
This would not have bothered me if his claims had been more specific, more measured, but in his attempt to make his argument un... Read More
The extraction process, never easy, is full of danger, intrigue ,sorrow and great financial loss.
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Civilization ultimately pays a high human price for failing to take these aberrations to peace-loving civilization at face value.
If you are someone that only wants your opinion reflected back at you, don't spend the money.
Never will you hear from him an unsupported statement, meant to be taken at face value, without any reasoning.
” moreover,“our freedom is not entirely our own, in some sense it is mortgaged by those who paid the ultimate price for its continuance.
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In light of the rapidly disappearing nationstate usa and the conversion of the u.
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* hanson also makes some excellent comments on the similarities of military action through the ages, as well as the differences... Read More
Victor davis hanson is a 4th-generation fresno grape farmer, who is also a professor of classics, a senior fellow at the hoover... Read More
He claims that at the start of the korean war, north korea enjoyed air superiority as their russian mig-15s were superior to th... Read More
He thinks nothing of comparing macarthur at inchon with thucydides at mantinea.
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- This product had a total of 347 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 16 2024.
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Its somewhat outdated due to recent 2023 events
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I only wish i could buy him lunch and have time to talk at length
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The main theme is that the psychology of persons and people of the reason for going to war through the ages and it appears to be the same factors
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The only thing that has changed is the weaponry used
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The subject and the comments by prof
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I was pleased by the way of studying the problem and much more by the author comment that the people that best appreciated his lectures were the not so elitist students of fresno in the middle of california agricultural production valley maybe kin to the old warriors that the author depicts
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Forget about all those shibboleths youve been taught in liberal arts classes by teachers with a axe to grind and a myopic view of the world
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You may not agree with everything hanson has to say but at the very lease youll have to explore your own assumptions about human nature and the way of the world
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