EAN: 9780520260092

THE WESTERN WAY OF WAR - VICTOR DAVIS HANSON KA...

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. Instead of ambush  skirmish  or combat between
individual heroes  the Greeks of the fifth century B.C. devised a ferocious  brief  and
destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. In this bold  original study  Victor
Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual
government-an unequivocal  instant resolution to dispute. Linking this new style of fighting to
the rise of constitutional government  Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions
about the history of war. A new preface addresses recent scholarship on Greek warfare.

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