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A review by fabrice44
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson
4.0
I've read this book after Guns Germs and Steel from Jared Diamond following recommendations of r/AskHistorians subreddit ( they are great, thanks to them! ). It was a good thing to follow this order.
Guns germs and steel point location as a major factor to explain cultural dominance.
Carnage and Culture underlies the power of Western culture to raise deadly armies, disregarding mainly location factor.. This point is develop though several battles. Although you will have a quick introduction of the battle, the point of the author is not to make you live it but to highlight some culture characteristic of Westerners and their opponents.
I enjoyed most chapters with the exception of the Vietnam one where I got lost and couldn't follow his point.
Guns germs and steel point location as a major factor to explain cultural dominance.
Carnage and Culture underlies the power of Western culture to raise deadly armies, disregarding mainly location factor.. This point is develop though several battles. Although you will have a quick introduction of the battle, the point of the author is not to make you live it but to highlight some culture characteristic of Westerners and their opponents.
I enjoyed most chapters with the exception of the Vietnam one where I got lost and couldn't follow his point.