Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battl

by Victor Davis Hanson

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From the Preface...

... I have deliberately concentrated on those West-East fault lines that emphasize the singular lethality of Western culture at war in comparison to other traditions that grew up in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. These valid generalizations should not imply that at times there were not real differences among particular European states themselves or that Western and non-Western cultures were either monolithic or always at odds with each other. And while I discuss larger issues of government, religion, and economy, my primary aim is to explain Western military power, not the general nature and evolution...Read more
  • ISBN10 0385500521
  • ISBN13 9780385500524
  • Publish Date 14 August 2001
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 8 July 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 492
  • Language English