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Hanson, Victor Davis.
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War -- History.
Military history.
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Hanson, Victor Davis.
War -- History.
Military history.
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The
father
of
us
all
:
war
and
history
,
ancient
and
modern
/ Victor Davis Hanson.
by
Hanson, Victor Davis.
Bloomsbury Press, 2010.
Call #:
355.0209 H251f
Subjects
War
--
History
.
Military
history
.
ISBN:
9781608191659
1608191656
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xii, 259 p. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Part 1. Military
history
: the orphaned discipline -- Why study
war
? -- Classical lessons and post-9/11 wars -- Raw, relevant
history
: from the 300 Spartans to the
history
of Thucydides -- Part 2.
War
writing -- Thalatta! Thalatta! -- The old breed -- The
war
to begin
all
wars -- Don Juan of Austria is riding to the sea -- Part 3. The postmodern meets the premodern -- The end of decisive battle for now -- "Men make a city, not walls or ships empty of men" -- The American way of
war
: past, present, and future -- Part 4. How western wars are lost and won -- Your defeat, my victory -- The odd couple :
war
and democracy -- Who is the enemy?
Summary:
Discusses how
war
has society and evaluates conflicts from
Ancient
Greece to the present, sharing essays that impart lessons on how to draw from past examples to address
modern
challenges.
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