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Carnage and Culture : Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
Carnage and Culture Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
Author: Victor Hanson
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive--Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. — Looking beyond p...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385720380
ISBN-10: 0385720386
Publication Date: 8/27/2002
Pages: 544
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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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