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The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

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The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics—that the power of state must be guided by a majority of its citizens—but additionally the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. As an alternative 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 every age. On this bold, original study, Victor Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was once dedicated to the similar outcome as consensual government—an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute. Linking this new style of fighting to the upward push of constitutional government, Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions concerning the history of war. A new preface addresses contemporary scholarship on Greek warfare.
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