by Victor Davis Hanson
The Claremont Institute
The disclosures of North Korean duplicity in acquiring nuclear weapons were disturbing for a variety of reasons, involving more than our national security. Continue reading “A Funny Morality”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Listening to the administration make the case for preemptive action brought reminders of similarly exasperated leaders of the past. Continue reading “Voices in the Wilderness”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Skeptics cite a number of hypothetical disasters that might befall the United States should we attack Iraq. Continue reading “The Strangest of Times: A Perplexing World Stage”
by Victor Davis Hanson
American Jewish Committee
In the aftermath of the catastrophe that struck the United States last September 11, few things can have been more dismaying to Americans than the attitude adopted by many of our closest European allies, whose sympathy for the loss of life was quickly replaced by skepticism, if not outright hostility, toward American motives and American policy. Continue reading “Goodbye to Europe?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Magazine
We associate democracies with peace, and thus think that it is hard to convince thousands of free citizens to support a war. Continue reading “An Aroused Citizenry”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
Skeptics warn us that we cannot assume that the next war with Saddam Hussein will be as easy as the last — especially since this time we are after his head, not the liberation of Kuwait. Continue reading “Iraq Redux: Not Another 1991 Gulf War”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Magazine
September 11 aroused Americans from a deep coma induced by a long and luxurious calm. Continue reading “One Year Later”
by Victor Davis Hanson
American Jewish Committee
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime by Eliot A. Cohen Free Press. 320 pp. $25.00 Continue reading “Martial Art”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
I. Gulf War #I — Summer 1990
Iraq has never attacked the United States. Countries in Africa are invaded all the time — so what could be so special about a border dispute with Kuwait? Continue reading “The Wisdom of Inaction”
Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
War takes a toll on democratic leaders, often either discrediting, sickening, or killing them. Continue reading “It’s a Vision Thing”