Carnage and Culture
Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
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Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times - from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes' 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 popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values - the tradition of dissent, the value placed on inventiveness and adaptation, the concept of citizenship - which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers. Offering riveting battle narratives and a balanced perspective that avoids simple triumphalism, Carnage and Culture demonstrates how armies cannot be separated from the cultures that produce them and explains why an army produced by a free culture will always have the advantage.
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The story behind the story of WW 2
- De LARRY DINKIN en 02-07-19
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The Dying Citizen
- How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: James Edward Thomas
- Duración: 15 h y 7 m
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Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the “citizen” is historically rare — and was among America’s most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis Hanson, American citizenship as we have known it may soon vanish.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From an uneducated reader;
- De wbc en 10-12-21
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Who Killed Homer?
- The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom
- De: Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 11 h y 28 m
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For over two millennia in the West, familiarity with the literature, philosophy, and values of the Classical World has been synonymous with education itself. The traditions of the Greeks explain why Western Culture’s unique tenets of democracy, capitalism, civil liberty, and constitutional government are now sweeping the globe. Yet the general public in America knows less about its cultural origins than ever before, as Classical education rapidly disappears from our high school and university curricula.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required reading
- De Sotiris en 07-28-15
De: Victor Davis Hanson, y otros
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The Case for Trump
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: David Lertham
- Duración: 20 h y 24 m
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In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over 16 well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the US—and an extremely successful president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating!!
- De Wayne en 03-07-19
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The End of Everything
- How Wars Descend into Annihilation
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization—sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling the end of political systems, cultures, and epochs. Though much has changed over the millennia, human nature remains the same. In The End of Everything, military historian Victor Davis Hanson narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World to show how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Too good to only listen to
- De Betsy Aldrich en 05-10-24
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Military Strategy
- A Global History
- De: Jeremy Black
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 10 h y 48 m
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Strategy has existed as long as there has been organized conflict. In this new account, Jeremy Black explores the ever-changing relationship between purpose, force, implementation, and effectiveness in military strategy and its dramatic impact on the development of the global power system. Taking a "total" view of strategy, Black looks at leading powers - notably the United States, China, Britain, and Russia - in the wider context of their competition and their domestic and international strengths.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What was the rush, Matthew?
- De Jeff Lacy en 06-28-20
De: Jeremy Black
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The Rise of the West
- A History of the Human Community; with a Retrospective Essay
- De: William H. McNeill
- Narrado por: Paul Brion
- Duración: 30 h y 55 m
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The Rise of the West is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In it, McNeill challenges the Spengler-Toynbee view that a number of separate civilizations pursued essentially independent careers, and argues instead that human cultures interacted at every stage of their history. The author suggests that, from the Neolithic beginnings of grain agriculture to the present, major social changes in all parts of the world were triggered by new or newly important foreign stimuli, and he presents a persuasive narrative of world history to support this claim.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The greatest world history book in English
- De Ariel en 12-18-23
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Worlds at War
- The 2,500-Year Struggle Between East and West
- De: Anthony Pagden
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 20 h y 36 m
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In the tradition of Jared Diamond and Jacques Barzun, prize-winning historian Anthony Pagden presents a sweeping history of the long struggle between East and West, from the Greeks to the present day.
The relationship between East and West has always been one of turmoil. In this historical tour de force, a renowned historian leads us from the world of classical antiquity, through the Dark Ages, to the Crusades, Europe's resurgence, and the dominance of the Ottoman Empire, which almost shattered Europe entirely. Pagden travels from Napoleon in Egypt to Europe's carving up of the finally moribund Ottomans - creating the modern Middle East along the way - and on to the present struggles in Iraq.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, with a lot of unfamiliar names
- De Tad Davis en 07-02-08
De: Anthony Pagden
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Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918
- Modern War Studies
- De: Daniel J. Hughes, Richard L. DiNardo
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 21 h y 6 m
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Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the subject, Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918 examines the most essential components of the imperial German military system, with an emphasis on such foundational areas as theory, doctrine, institutional structures, training, and the officer corps. In the period between 1871 and 1918, rapid technological development demanded considerable adaptation and change in military doctrine and planning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well researched
- De Jeff Wise en 04-27-20
De: Daniel J. Hughes, y otros
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The First World War
- De: Hew Strachan
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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A century has passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding narrative of the military action
- De Tad Davis en 04-30-17
De: Hew Strachan
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The First Thousand Years
- A Global History of Christianity
- De: Robert Louis Wilken
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 17 h y 51 m
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Beginning with the life of Jesus, Robert Louis Wilken narrates the dramatic spread and development of Christianity over the first thousand years of its history. Moving through the formation of early institutions, practices, and beliefs to the transformations of the Roman world after the conversion of Constantine, he sheds new light on the subsequent stories of Christianity in the Latin West, the Byzantine and Slavic East, the Middle East, and Central Asia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent: Best Early Church History book I’ve read
- De Amazon Customer en 02-09-23
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Goering
- The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
- De: Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use firsthand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler's shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler's right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe, one of history's most feared fighting forces. As he rose in power, though, Goering became disillusioned and was eventually shunned from Hitler's inner circle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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From Fighter Pilot Ace to Cartoon Villain
- De aaron en 03-27-21
De: Roger Manvell, y otros
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Defending Heaven
- China's Mongol Wars, 1209-1370
- De: James Waterson, John Man - Foreword
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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Defending Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song, and Ming dynasties' wars fought against the Mongols. Lasting nearly two centuries, these wars, fought to defend Chinese civilization against a brutal and unrelenting foe, pitted personal heroics against the inexorable Mongol war machine and involved every part of the Chinese state.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I struggled to keep track of all the names, but I
- De Stef en 04-04-24
De: James Waterson, y otros
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The Boer War
- De: Martin Bossenbroek
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 19 h y 21 m
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In The Boer War, winner of the Netherland's 2013 Libris History Prize and shortlisted for the 2013 AKO Literature Prize, the author brings a completely new perspective to this chapter of South African history, critically examining the involvement of the Netherlands in the war. Furthermore, unlike other accounts, Martin Bossenbroek explores the war primarily through the experiences of three men uniquely active during the bloody conflict.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting and engaging view of the War
- De Douglas en 04-17-18
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Alaric the Goth
- An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
- De: Douglas Boin
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
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Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire. Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent "barbarians" who destroyed "civilization," at least in the conventional story of Rome's collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, shockingly alive.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Can't finish it.
- De Stan K. Smith en 06-21-20
De: Douglas Boin
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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom
- China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War
- De: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrado por: Angela Lin
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
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Stephen R. Platt is widely respected for his incisive nonfiction, particularly in regard to his knowledge and understanding of China. With Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom, Platt details the absorbing narrative of the Taiping Rebellion, which resulted in the loss of 20 million lives. Occurring in the 1850s, this is the story of a cultural movement characterized by intriguing personages such as influential military strategist Zeng Guofan and brilliant Taiping leader Hong Rengan.
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3 out of 5 stars
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InTOLerable Reader
- De Adam en 07-07-12
De: Stephen R. Platt
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Carnage and Culture
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- Anonymous User
- 06-04-21
Read this book!
More proof that The West is The Best! Great analysis and history! You won't be disappointed!
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- 01-03-23
Fact filled description of evolution of western warfare.
An excellent treatise that connects the western world in a way that makes clear the path to western current style of warfare and the basic tenants and values that make it possible.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-27-22
Great Compendium of Battles
I love VDH’s thought processes and insights. He brings together complexities into easy to understand and very relevant modern conclusions. It’s clear, given history back to the 400s BC, that America and the West need to fight for the First & Second Amendments (among others), free market capitalism, and the Constitution in order to benefit the world. Non-Westerners haven’t had these things and the people suffered because of it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-13-21
The WAY we are Because ....
World History from a Vantage Point.
EXCELLENT. SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR EVERY COLLEGE GRADUATE.
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- Joseph P. Silvestri
- 01-10-24
great history!
will re-listen to on audible. excellent historical research deep dives into major battles and struggles
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- A. Lewis
- 11-22-24
A well supported thesis
Absolutely incredible read that vividly takes you through several battles throughout history, as well as the cultures that supported either side, and how the Western culture prevailed in the end. Not necessarily winning militarily, but how Western culture perseveres over other cultures with its societal liberties, that lead it to final victory.
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- Ciegetanks
- 09-30-20
Read this book
If you have any interest in military history at all you must read this book.
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- abnheel
- 10-23-23
Victor Davis Hanson is a treasure
One of the best writers and thinkers alive. Comprehensive look at select warfare and how democracies and free societies succeed and why. Highly recommended.
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- GEJ
- 11-12-19
Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
Superbly researched and factually detailed with brilliant analyses of landmark battles. In a word: Brilliant!
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- Brannon Crawford
- 07-20-21
It’s hard not to find his thesis compelling
His views and Jared diamonds are able to line up really well together, even if they don’t think so
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