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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200A short review of Oliver Stone’s Alexander the Great by Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers Well, I thought it was simply terrible. The film goes on for nearly three hours, but we hear nothing of what either supporters or detractors of Alexander, both ancient and modern, have agreed were the central issues of his life.