Carnage and culture : landmark battles in the rise of Western power / Victor Davis Hanson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
Language:English
Published: New York : Anchor, 2002.
Edition:First Anchor Books edition.
Subjects:
Battles.
Military history.
Physical Description:xvii, 506 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Why the West has won
  • 2. Freedom, of "To live as you please"; Salamis, Sept. 28, 480 B.C.
  • 3. Decisive battle; Guagamela, Oct. 1, 331 B.C.
  • 4. Citizen soldiers; Cannae, Aug. 2, 216 B.C.
  • 5. Landed infantry; Poitiers, Oct. 11, 732
  • 6. Technology and the wages of reason; Tenochtitlán, June 24, 1520-Aug. 13, 1521
  • 7. The market - or capitalism kills; Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571
  • 8. Discipline - or Warriors are not always soldiers; Rorke's Drift, Jan. 22-23, 1879
  • 9. Individualism; Midway, June 4-8, 1942
  • 10. Dissent and self-critique; Tet, Jan. 31-Apr. 6, 1968
  • 11. Western warfare : past and future.