Read Series: Cassell History Of Warfare
by Author Victor Davis Hanson
The Wars of the Ancient Greeks (2002)
This is a very general introduction to ancient Greek warfare that will only be of interest to those who are completely unfamiliar with the topic. Hanson's first chapter deals with "Early Greek fighting", here dated 1400 to 750 BC, and is clearly out of his depth when dealing with Mycenaean and "D...
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power (2002)
"Carnage and Culture" is, in my eyes, an example of essentialist history done badly.So, first I'll just briefly address what I mean by "essentialist": That is when the historian claims to have discovered some essence that define and explain whatever is being discussed. This is clearly both a legi...
A War Like No Other: How the Athenians & Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War (2006)
Having enjoyed another book by Victor Davis Hanson, The Soul of Battle, I picked this one up when a copy was put up for sale at the Hayward, Wisconsin Public Library over the Memorial Day weekend. Since reading Thucydides freshman year at Grinnell College, the history of the Peloponnesian War ha...