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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Hanson-Logo-1.png595200The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century B.C. devised a […]