Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
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(with John Heath and Brian Thornton)
An Autumn of War
FIRST ANCHOR BOOKS EDITION, SEPTEMBER 2002
Copyright © 2001 by Victor Davis Hanson
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Hanson, Victor Davis.
Carnage and culture: landmark battles in the rise of Western power
Victor Davis Hanson.—1st ed.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Salamis, Sept. 28, 480 B.C.—Gaugamela, 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.
1. Battles. 2. History, Military. I. Title.
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