In this article I introduce the debate over a Western Way of War and some of the key works that have driven the discussion. In twin books, The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece and Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power the eminent historian Victor Davis Hanson argued that that several…
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My Favorite Books of 2023
My top five books of 2023 My reading slowed this year as I finished my dissertation and started my job as a historian with the army. I hope to pick it up in 2024, but I only got through 30 books this year. At any rate, these were my favorite books that I read in…