

Carnage and Culture
Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Narrator: Bob Souer
Unabridged: 20 hr 32 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 09/10/2019
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Military History
Synopsis
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.