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35 produkter
The Counterrevolution
The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement
Inbunden, 2026
394 kr
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From the author of the New York Times best-selling The Case for Trump, the story of Trump's triumphant comeback and what his second term means for the future of our country.When Donald Trump left office in January 2021, most observers thought his political career was over. Silenced on social media, …
War Like No Other
How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Häftad, 2006
214 kr
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One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most …
Carnage and Culture
Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
E-bok, 2007
193 kr
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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 …
Western Way of War
Häftad, 2009
271 kr
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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 …
Makers of Ancient Strategy
From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome
Häftad, 2012
271 kr
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In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the …
The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq
Häftad, 2014
265 kr
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Other Greeks
Häftad, 1999
333 kr
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For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the Greek city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture as the ultimate source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. This passionate book leads us outside the city walls to the countryside, where the vast majority …
Why the West has Won
Häftad, 2002
253 kr
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This is a brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. Instead of weighing up the West through its cultural and literary accomplishments, Hanson engages with the much starker record of the Western battlefield. In place of …
Autumn of War
What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
E-bok, 2007
193 kr
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On September 11, 2001, hours after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the eminent military historian Victor Davis Hanson wrote an article in which he asserted that the United States, like it or not, was now at war and had the moral right to respond with force. An Autumn of War , …
Between War and Peace
Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq
E-bok, 2007
199 kr
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In his acclaimed collection An Autumn of War , the scholar and military historian Victor Davis Hanson expressed powerful and provocative views of September 11 and the ensuing war in Afghanistan. Now, in these challenging new essays, he examines the world’s ongoing war on terrorism, from America to …
Western Way of War
Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
E-bok, 2013
240 kr
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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, maneuver, or combat between …
Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think
Häftad, 2004
185 kr
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Hoplites
The Classical Greek Battle Experience
Häftad, 1993
725 kr
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Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece.The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British …
Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised edition
Häftad, 1998
412 kr
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The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a …
Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised edition
E-bok, 1998
357 kr
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The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a …
Fields Without Dreams
Defending the Agrarain Ideal
Häftad, 1997
224 kr
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Focusing on the personal experiences of a California fruit farmer and the struggles of his neighbors in the San Joaquin Valley, a celebration of the agrarian lifestyle contrasts the corrupt values of urban America with the agrarian virtues that made America great.Eulogizing the vanishing lifestyle …
Hoplites
The Classical Greek Battle Experience
E-bok, 2002
767 kr
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Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece.The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British …
Hoplites
The Classical Greek Battle Experience
E-bok, 2002
767 kr
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Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece.The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British …
Hoplites
The Classical Greek Battle Experience
Inbunden, 2015
2594 kr
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Incorporating research found in ancient literary, iconographic, epigraphic, and archaeological sources, this book explores the experiences of the soldiers who conducted battle on the small plains of ancient Greece.The volume, which draws on the accumulated expertise of nine American and British …
An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism
Häftad, 2002
247 kr
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Ripples of Battle
E-bok, 2004
246 kr
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The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle , the acclaimed historian Victor Davis Hanson weaves wide-ranging military and cultural history with his unparalleled gift for battle …
Makers of Ancient Strategy
From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome
E-bok, 2010
368 kr
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Timeless lessons from the military strategies of the ancient Greeks and Romans In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy , Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy …
Other Greeks
The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western
E-bok, 1995
248 kr
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Everyone has been taught that the Greek city-state is the ultimate source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture. Now Victor Hanson, the author of several studies …
War Like No Other
How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
E-bok, 2011
128 kr
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One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most …
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
Häftad, 2007
241 kr
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Massive illegal immigration from Mexico into California, Victor Davis Hanson writes, "coupled with a loss of confidence in the old melting pot model of transforming newcomers into Americans, is changing the very nature of state. Yet we Californians have been inadequate in meeting this challenge, …
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
E-bok, 2016
246 kr
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Victor Davis Hanson locates the cause of our immigration quagmire in the opportunistic coalition that stymies immigration reform and, even worse, stifles any honest discussion of the present crisis. Conservative corporations, contractors and agribusiness demand cheap wage labor from Mexico, …
Father of Us All
War and History, Ancient and Modern
E-bok, 2010
158 kr
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Victor Davis Hanson has long been acclaimed as one of our leading scholars of ancient history. In recent years he has also become a trenchant voice on current affairs, bringing a historian''s deep knowledge of past conflicts to bear on the crises of the present, from 9/11 to Iran. "War," he writes, …
Savior Generals
How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - from Ancient Greece to Iraq
E-bok, 2013
191 kr
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Stirring portraits of five commanders whose dynamic leadership changed the course of war and history by prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson. "Victor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book"--The Washington Examiner Leading military historian Victor Davis …
End of Sparta
A Novel
E-bok, 2011
207 kr
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In this sweeping and deeply imagined historical novel, acclaimed classicist Victor Davis Hanson re-creates the battles of one of the greatest generals of ancient Greece, Epaminondas. At the Battle of Leuktra, his Thebans crushed the fearsome army of Sparta that had enslaved its neighbors for two …
Mexifornia
A State of Becoming
Häftad, 2021
168 kr
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Part history, part political analysis, and part memoir, Mexifornia is an intensely personal work by one of our most important writers. Victor Davis Hanson, known for his military histories and his social commentary, is a fifth-generation Californian who lives on a family farm in the Central Valley …
