Author:
Hanson, Victor Davis.
Edition Statement:1st Anchor Books ed.
Imprint:New York : Anchor Books, 2002, c2001.
Descriptionxvii, 506 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Note:Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2001.
Note:1. Why the West has won -- PART ONE. CREATION: 2. Freedom, or "to live as you please" : Salamis, September 28, 480 B.C. -- 3. Decisive battle: Guaggamela, October 1, 331 B.C. -- 4. Citizen soldiers: Cannae, August 2, 216 B.C. -- PART TWO. CONTINUITY: 5. Landed infantry: Poitiers, October 11,732 -- 6. Technology and the wages of reason: Tenochtitlan, June 24, 1520-August 13, 1521 -- 7. The market: or capitalism kills: Lepanto, October 7, 1571 -- PART THREE. CONTROL: 8. Discipline: or warriors are not always soldiers: Rorke's Drift, January 22-23, 1879 -- 9. Individualism: Midway, June 4-8, 1942 -- 10. Dissent and self-critique: Tet, January 31-April 6, 1968 -- EPILOGUE: Western warfare: past and future -- AFTERWORD: Carnage and culture (after September 11, 2001)
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-486) and index.
