by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon. Continue reading “War and the West, Then and Now: Part III”
War and the West, Then and Now: Part II
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon. Continue reading “War and the West, Then and Now: Part II”
War and the West, Then and Now: Part I
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
This is a transcript of a recorded talk of about 50 minutes before an audience on February 11, 2004 at the University of Oregon. Continue reading “War and the West, Then and Now: Part I”
Elegant Nonsense
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Nearly 24 centuries ago, Plato warned not to confuse innate artistic skill with either education or intelligence. Continue reading “Elegant Nonsense”
Our Wars Over the War
“The fault is not in our stars.”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Ever since September 11, there has been an alternative narrative about this war embraced by the Left. In this mythology, the attack on September 11 had in some vague way something to do with American culpability. Continue reading “Our Wars Over the War”
Dishonest and Deadly
Why does the West entertain such a wrongheaded notion as multiculturalism?
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The news that the London terrorist attacks were carried out by second-generation Muslim immigrants should not surprise us. Continue reading “Dishonest and Deadly”
A World Wonder: A Speech Given to the Woodrow Wilson Center on Democracy
by Victor Davis Hanson
Private Papers
Part III: Question and Answer
MR. SITILIDES: Thank you very much, Dr. Hanson. We appreciate the historical sweep of your presentation. Continue reading “A World Wonder: A Speech Given to the Woodrow Wilson Center on Democracy”
The Iraqi Wars
Our 15-year conflict with Iraq.
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Iraq is a blur now. Everyone from Norman Schwarzkopf and General Zinni to Tommy Franks and General Abezaid is mixed up in our memories. The public can’t quite separate Baathists from jihadists, Shiite from Sunni, or one coalition from another. Mostly the confusion arises because we have compressed four separate wars of two decades into some vague continuum. Continue reading “The Iraqi Wars”
How to Lose a War
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Post
Thursday’s attack in London is the latest blow struck in the war that began on Sept. 11. Its origins are easy to fathom: A minority of Muslim extremists, their numbers in the few millions, resents deeply the erosion of life in the Middle East and other Muslim areas. Continue reading “How to Lose a War”
Jihad Is Knocking: Another Episode in the War between Christendom and Islam
by Bruce S. Thornton
Private Papers
The slaughter in London is another grisly wake-up call that likely will go as unheeded as earlier ones. Continue reading “Jihad Is Knocking: Another Episode in the War between Christendom and Islam”