Western Way of War Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

Name: Western Way of War Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
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ISBN: 9780520260092

ISBN-10: 0520260090

ISBN-13: 9780520260092

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Victor Davis Hanson, V. D. Hanson

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The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century B.C. devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. In this bold, original study, Victor Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual government--an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute. Linking this new style of fighting to the rise of constitutional government,…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 303
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Victor Davis Hanson is the military historian who is a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno. He has written several popular books on classic warfare, including "The Other Greeks", "Who Killed Homer?", & "The Western Way of War". He lives in Selma, California.



Introduction



Preface


Preface to the 2009 Edition


Chronological Table



The Greeks and Modern Warfare



Ordinary Things, Ordinary People



A Western Way of War



Not Strategy, Not Tactics



The Hoplite and His Phalanx: War in an Agricultural Society



Sources of Inquiry



The Ordeal of the Hoplite



The Burden of Hoplite Arms and Armor



The Old Men



The Dread of Massed Attack



The Triumph of Will



A Soldier's General



Unit Spirit and Morale: The Origins of the Regimental System



Drink



Battle!



The Charge



A Collision of Men



Tears and Gaps



The Push and Collapse



Confusion, Misdirection, and Mob Violence



Aftermath



The Killing Field



The Wounded



Epilogue


Abbreviations of Ancient Authors and their Works Used in this Book


Select Bibliography


Supplementary Bibliography


Index


Index Locorum