From an Angry Reader: Dear Professor Hanson, I read your article on Stalingrad and I wanted to respond. The German 6th army in Stalingrad had Slovakian and Croatian units in the city. On the flanks of the 6th army was the Italian 8th army which played a huge role in Russia and was […]
By Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Weaker enemies, by design, do not threaten stronger powers existentially; ‘proportionality’ means stalemate. From the Punic Wars (264–146 b.c.) and the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) to the Arab–Israeli wars (1947–) and the so-called War on Terror (2001–), some wars never seem to end. The dilemma
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From an Angry Reader: Victor Victor Victor… Come on lad … With your education I really thought that you would know that “nuclear” is pronounced nu-cle-ar, NOT nuc-u-ler. That is the way “dub-ya” pronounced it and he could get away with it because he is an idiot. You are not! Please fix that
By Victor Davis Hanson// National Review As long as the U.S. remains good to weaker but humane states located in dangerous neighborhoods, it will remain great as well. The world equates American military power with the maintenance of the postwar global order of free commerce, communications, and travel. Sometimes American power leads
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11/15/2017 From an Angry Reader: Read your article in the NR. Bad research, poorly written, some facts and a lot of your very biased opinions. In short it is mostly drivel. I hope your other work has good foundation and is better researched. You should take the trouble to visit the so called “rogue states”
by Victor Davis Hanson//National Review Our Baby Boomer elites, mired in excess and safe in their enclaves, have overseen the decay of our core cultural institutions. Since the Trojan War, generations have always trashed their own age in comparison to ages past. The idea of fated decadence and decline was a specialty of
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by Victor Davis Hanson// National Review It is now fashionable to demonize Russia, but most Americans have forgotten key aspects of 20th-century history, including the Russians’ fight to stop the march of Nazi Germany. Seventy-five years ago this month, the Soviet Red Army surrounded — and would soon destroy — a huge invading
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by Victor Davis Hanson Defining Ideas Sometimes, just a few months can change the course of civilization. That’s what happened in 1942 when a series of decisive events changed the trajectory of World War II. Before that turning point, Germany seemed destined for victory. In 1939 and 1940, Hitler’s army had won a series of
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By Victor Davis Hanson // Eureka Vocabulary changes always reflect the agendas of a political debate. The fight over illegal immigration plays out by altering words and their meanings. Take the traditional rubric “illegal alien.” The English has been clear and exact for nearly a century: illegal alien (cf. Latin alienus) was a descriptive term