Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

Through vivid depictions of historic battles, Victor Davis Hanson reveals the connection between the West’s superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance. Why have Western values triumphed? Why are Western ideas and practices spreading unopposed throughout the globe? In this sweeping and ambitious work of military and cultural history, Victor Davis Hanson convincingly argues that it all comes down to the Western knack for killing.