TY  - BOOK
AU  - HANSON Victor Davis
TI  - Carnage and culture: landmark battles in the rise of Western power
SN  - 0385500521 (hbk.):
PY  - 2001///
CY  - New York
PB  - Doubleday
KW  - MILITARY HISTORY
KW  - MILITARY POWER
KW  - WESTERN CIVILIZATION
N2  - Uses nine important confrontations between Western and non-Western armies over 2,500 years to answer the question "why have Western militaries, ideas and practices been so succesful". Shows that aspects of Western culture such as freedom, innovation, consensual government, organization, and technical superiority have all contributed to the ability of Western armies to be victorious against numerically larger foes often far from home
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