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Author Hanson, Victor Davis.

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

Edition First anchor books edition.
Publication Info. New York : Anchor Books A Divsion of Rnadom House, Inc., 2002.
©2001
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1603258~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  904.7 HAN    AVAILABLE
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Description ix, 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-486) and index.
Contents Salamis, Sept. 28, 480 B.C. -- Guagamela, Oct. 1, 331 B.C. -- Cannae, Aug. 2, 216 B.C. -- Poitiers, Oct. 11, 732 -- Tenochtitlán, June 24, 1520-Aug. 13, 1521 -- Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571 -- Rorke's Drift, Jan. 22-23, 1879 -- Midway, June 4-8, 1942 -- Tet, Jan. 31-Apr. 6, 1968 -- Western warfare : past and future.
Summary Through depictions of historic battles, the author exposes the connection between the West's superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance, including controversial arguments ignited by the recent words of various historians.
Subject Battles.
Military history.
ISBN 9780385720380
0385720386
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