by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
As a movie, Troy is okay. Continue reading “Troy’s Literary Offenses”
Author: victorhanson
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture.
The Power To Do Good
by Victor Davis Hanson
New York Post, April 25, 2004
Colossus: The Price of America’s Empire by Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press, 366 pages, $25.95 Continue reading “The Power To Do Good”
Reagan: The Legacy
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Reagan’s achievement and legacy are twofold, but do not necessarily lie in either his legislative record or seminal foreign policy initiatives-although it is hard to believe few other presidents would have gone ahead with the substantial tax cuts, necessary Pershing missile deployments, the decision to fund missile defense, or his reconstruction of our military forces. Continue reading “Reagan: The Legacy”
The New Defeatism
Are we giving up, even as we’re succeeding?
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Nothing has been quite as depressing as watching Washington and New York melt down during these past two months. History in D.C. is apparently measured by hours, not decades — and its lessons are gleaned from last night’s reruns. Continue reading “The New Defeatism”
Kill the Insurgents – Stop Talking
by Victor Davis Hanson
The New Republic
Most of the time in war, diplomatic machinations don’t create enduring realities–events on the battlefield do. After World War I, the defeated, but not humiliated, German army that surrendered in France and Belgium provided the origins for the “stab in the back” mythology that fueled Hitler’s rise to power. Continue reading “Kill the Insurgents – Stop Talking”
The Global Stakes at Khobar
by Victor Davis Hanson
The Australian
The recent terrorist murdering of Westerners in Saudi Arabia had all the hallmarks of the present global war waged by al Qaeda and its sympathizers. Attack the Western presence in Saudi Arabia to force the departure of foreign experts. Continue reading “The Global Stakes at Khobar”
Wars New and Old
Reviewed by Victor Davis Hanson
Appeared in National Review Online, April 19, 2004
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience, by John Lewis Gaddis (Harvard, 160 pp., $18.95) Continue reading “Wars New and Old”
Why the Watchdogs Need Watching?
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
For the media the mistreatment of the prisoners in Iraq has been like chum thrown to starving sharks. Continue reading “Why the Watchdogs Need Watching?”
Why the Watchdogs Need Watching?
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
For the media the mistreatment of the prisoners in Iraq has been like chum thrown to starving sharks. Continue reading “Why the Watchdogs Need Watching?”
The Terrible Arithmetic
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
There is a certain number of Iraqi terrorists that either need to give up, reconsider their militancy, leave the country, or be killed for there to be peace and the emergence of a consensual government. Continue reading “The Terrible Arithmetic”