Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power

By Victor Davis Hanson

Book Overview

Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes's conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive--Victor... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385500521
• ISBN13: 9780385500524
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 492 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"