Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson is one of the leading military historian, classicist, and strategists in the United States. He was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the American School of Classical Studie, and received his Ph.D in Classics from Stanford University in Classics. He farmed full-time for five years before returning to academia part-time in 1984 to initiate a Classics program at California State University, Fresno.
He has written editorials and reviews for the New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, American Heritage, Policy Review, The Wilson Quarterly, The Weekly Standard, The National Review, Country Living, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mirror, City Journal, and Washington Times, and has been interviewed on numerous occasions on National Public Radio, and appeared with David Gergen on the Jim Lehr PBS Newshour, as well as on CSNBC, MSNBC and Fox Newshours. He is currently a weekly columnist for National Review Online, and a contributing editor to Arion, the Military History Quarterly, and City Journal.
He is also the author of some 150 articles, book reviews, and newspaper editorials on Greek, agrarian, and military history, and contemporary culture.
He has written or edited fifteen books, including Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece (1983, paperback ed. University of California Press 1998), The Western Way of War (Alfred Knopf 1989, seven book club, paperback, and foreign editions and translations, 2nd paperback ed. UC Press 2000), Hoplites. The Ancient Greek Battle Experience (Routledge 1991; paperback ed. 1992), The Other Greeks. The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization (The Free Press 1995, 2nd. paperback ed. UC Press 2000), Fields Without Dreams. Defending the Agrarian Idea (The Free Press 1996; paperback ed. Touchstone 1997), The Soul of Battle (a history book club, book-of-the-month selection; The Free Press 1999, paperback ed. Anchor/ Vintage 2000). His Fields Without Dreams was voted the 1996 best nonfiction book of the year by the Bay Area Book Reviewers Associations, and his Land Was Everything was a Pen semi-finalist in 2000.
He co-authored with John Heath Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom (The Free Press 1998, paperback Encounter Press, 2000; Readers Subscription Book Club Selection), and, with Bruce Thornton, and John Heath, Bonfire of the Humanities, (ISI Books 2001).
His The Wars of the Ancient Greeks (Cassell 1999; paperback ed. 2001; History Book Club Selection) was the first volume to appear in John Keegan's edited multi-volume history of warfare. The Land Was Everything. Letters From an American Farmer (forward by Jane Smiley, Free Press 2000) appeared in spring 2000.
His Carnage and Culture. Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power appeared in late August (Doubleday 2001; History Book Club) and was on the New York Times Bestseller List. An Autumn of War, (Anchor 2002) came out in 2002, and its sequel about the current war against terror, Between War and Peace, will be published in early 2004 (Anchor). Ripples of Battle (Doubleday 2003) and Mexifornia. A State of Becoming (Encounter 2003) both appeared last fall.
Recent articles by Victor Davis Hanson
HOPE AND CHANGE AMID DESPAIR NRO March 21, 2008
REIN IN THE OBAMIANS? NRO March 7, 2008
FAST FORWARD TO 2009 NRO February 28, 2008
YIPPY TI YI YO, EUROPE! NRO February 22, 2008
MORAL ECONOMY Benador Associates January 25, 2008
'08 PACK'S FUTILE REAGAN FANTASY New York Post January 19, 2008
A LONG WAR IN A NUTSHELL NRO December 27, 2007
CONVENTIONALLY IGNORANT NRO December 14, 2007
DICTATORS AND DEMOCRATS NRO November 9, 2007
NEWSWORTHY RECONSIDERED NRO October 12, 2007
SCHOOL OF THE ABSURD Benador Associates September 28, 2007
EPIDEMIC OF IGNORANCE Benador Associates August 23, 2007
THEIR WESTERN WAYS Benador Associates August 2, 2007
RIPPLES OF RETREAT NRO July 20, 2007
VIRTUAL WAR NRO July 6, 2007
THAT'S COMPREHENSIVE Benador Associates July 5, 2007
GAZA ---IT'S ALL OUR FAULT NRO June 15, 2007
ILLIBERAL ON IMMIGRATION Benador Associates June 15, 2007
LESSONS FROM NORMANDY Benador Associates June 8, 2007
A BORDERLESS WORLD Benador Associates June 1, 2007
ALL YOUR CLIMATE SINS FORGIVEN? NRO May 17, 2007
AL QAEDISM, AGAIN National Review May 11, 2007
AHMADINEJAD LOVES ROSIE NRO May 3, 2007
ONE STEP TOO FAR NRO April 19, 2007
THE POSTWEST NRO April 13, 2007
ALL ABOUT OIL NRO April 12, 2007
BEGGING FOR A BOMBING nro April 6, 2007
BEYOND IRAQ March 29, 2007
BIPARTISAN HYPOCRISY NRO March 9, 2007
DESINGENIOUS PARTY NRO February 23, 2007
CASTING THE FIRST STONE NRO February 16, 2007
IF WE FAIL.... NRO January 19, 2007
WHAT IS ANNANISM? NRO December 22, 2006
ISRAEL DID IT! National Review December 15, 2006
WAR STORIES NRO December 1, 2006
MESS OF MIDDLE EAST REQUIRES CONFRONTATION Baltimore Sun November 27, 2006
THE FIGHTING OVER THE FIGHTING NRO November 17, 2006
DON'T BLAME RUMSFELD NRO November 9, 2006
BEFORE IRAQ NRO November 3, 2006
DO WE HAVE A STRATEGY IN THE WAR? NRO October 12, 2006
THOSE SAUDI STUDENTS NRO September 15, 2006
IS THE WESTERN WAY OF WAR DEAD? NRO September 8, 2006
THE WAITING GAME NRO September 1, 2006
MR. BUSH'S COMMUNICATION PROBLEM NRO August 25, 2006
HOPE AMID DESPAIR? NRO August 18, 2006
SURREAL RULES NRO August 11, 2006
THE BRINK OF MADNESS NRO August 4, 2006
THE VOCABULARY OF UNTRUTH National Review July 28, 2006
A STRANGE WAR NRO July 21, 2006
HAS BUSH — OR THE WORLD — CHANGED? NRO July 14, 2006
THE SUBTEXTS OF WAR NRO July 7, 2006
DESPAIR AND HOPE NRO June 23, 2006
BETTING ON DEFEAT NRO June 16, 2006
VIETNAM, AFTER ALL? NRO June 9, 2006
THE AMERICAN WAY OF WAR NRO June 2, 2006
LOOKING BACK AT IRAQ NRO May 26, 2006
ANTI-ANTI-AMERICANISM NRO May 19, 2006
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER NRO May 12, 2006
FOR BETTER OR WORSE? NRO May 5, 2006
OUR ORPHANED MIDDLE EAST POLICY NRO April 28, 2006
DEAD-END DEBATES NRO April 14, 2006
WHEN CYNICISM MEETS FANATICISM NRO March 31, 2006
HARD POUNDING NRO March 24, 2006
TEFLON EUROPE NRO March 17, 2006
THE GREAT STAMPEDE NRO March 10, 2006
ROCKS AND RIPPLES NRO March 3, 2006
STANDOFF IN IRAQ NRO February 24, 2006
LOSING CIVILIZATION NRO February 10, 2006
THREE PILLARS OF WISDOM NRO February 3, 2006
THE MULTILATERAL MOMENT? NRO January 13, 2006
A LETTER TO THE EUROPEANS NRO January 6, 2006
THE PLAGUE OF SUCCESS NRO December 29, 2005
LANCING THE BOIL NRO December 16, 2005
DEMOCRATIC IMPLOSION NRO December 9, 2005
A MORAL WAR NRO December 2, 2005
THE CRYING GAME NRO November 25, 2005
WAR & RECONSTRUCTION NRO November 18, 2005
MOVING ON NRO November 11, 2005
WHY DID ATHENS LOSE? NRO November 11, 2005
MILITARY LESSONS OF THE WAR NRO November 9, 2005
THE END OF THE GREAT CENTURY? NRO November 8, 2005
RUIN? NRO November 7, 2005
CROSSING THE RUBICON National Review October 28, 2005
WITH A WHIMPER NRO October 21, 2005
AN AMERICAN DEBACLE? NRO October 14, 2005
THE QUIET CONSENSUS ON IRAQ NRO October 9, 2005
STRATEGY, STRATEGY EVERYWHERE... NRO September 23, 2005
OUR ROCK OF SISYPHUS NRO September 16, 2005
OUR STRANGE FOREIGN POLICY NRO September 9, 2005
THE PARANOID STYLE NRO August 26, 2005
THE BITEBACK EFFECT NRO August 19, 2005
TORN APART OVER IRAQ NRO August 8, 2005
60 YEARS LATER NRO August 5, 2005
REFORMATION OR CIVIL WAR? NRO July 29, 2005
AND THEN THEY CAME AFTER US NRO July 22, 2005
OUR WARS OVER THE WAR NRO July 16, 2005
THE IRAQI WARS NRO July 11, 2005
THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD... NRO July 8, 2005
ARE THEY IN THE ARMY NOW? National Review July 4, 2005
THE POLITICS OF AMERICAN WARS NRO June 24, 2005
COMPARING U.S. TO THE NAZIS AKIN TO THROWING GAS ON A FIRE San Jose Mercury News June 23, 2005
THE SORRY BUNCH NRO June 17, 2005
THE GLOBAL SHIFT NRO June 10, 2005
OUR STRANGE WAR NRO June 3, 2005
OUR SPOILED AND UNHAPPY GLOBAL ELITES NRO May 27, 2005
THE BUSH DOCTRINE'S NEXT TEST Commentary May 2005
OUR TWO-FRONT STRUGGLE NRO May 20, 2005
REMEMBERING WORLD WAR II NRO May 13, 2005
HOW THE 'COWBOYS' OF THE WEST DEFEATED THE NAZIS Wall Street Journal May 9, 2005
DEMOCRATIC SUICIDE NRO May 6, 2005
THE BUSH DOCTRINE'S NEXT TEST Commentary May 2005
ON BEING UNLIKED NRO April 29, 2005
WINNING THE WAR NRO April 22, 2005
OUR NOT-SO-WISE EXPERTS NRO April 15, 2005
THE BUSH DILEMMA NRO April 8, 2005
DON'T STOP NOW NRO April 1, 2005
AN AUDIENCE WITH SAUDI ARABIA Benador Online March 31, 2005
THE NOOSE TIGHTENS Benador Online March 28, 2005
THE SEVEN FACES OF "Dr. CHURCHILL" NRO March 24, 2005
DEMOCRACY IS NOW THE REALISTIC POLICY AEI Online March 21, 2005
"LITTLE EICHMANNS" AND "DIGITAL BRONWSHIRTS" NRO March 18, 2005
A WORLD GONE BY Benador Online March 14, 2005
A LOOK BACK NRO March 11, 2005
EUROSPEAK NRO March 4, 2005
SOFT POWER, HARD REALITY Benador Associates February 26, 2005
MERCHANTS OF DESPAIR NRO February 25, 2005
SOFT POWER, HARD TRUTHS Wall Street Journal February 22, 2005
UNSUNG VICTORIES NRO February 18, 2005
WHY DEMOCRACY? NRO February 11, 2005
Victor Davis Hanson v. Ronald Edsforth The Darmouth Review February 11, 2005
THE GLOBAL THRONG NRO February 4, 2005
STRANGE POLITICS NRO January 28, 2005
IDEALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS NRO January 21, 2005
TRIANGULATING THE WAR NRO January 14, 2005
A POSTMODERN WAR City Journal January 13, 2005
HEARTBREAK ASIDE, IRAQ PROGRESSES Herald Tribune January 10, 2005
THE DISENCHANTED AMERICAN NRO January 7, 2005
WINDS OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE BLOWING San Jose Mercury News January 6, 2005
INTO THE TAR PITS NRO December 30, 2004
OUR CHALLENGES IN THE YEAR AHEAD Benador News December 29, 2004
LEAVE RUMSFELD BE NRO December 23, 2004
CRACKED ICONS NRO December 17, 2004
GAY OLD TIMES? National Review December 27, 2004 VOL. LVI, NO. 24
PROCESS BUT NO PEACE Policy Review December 12, 2004
THE ENTS OF EUROPE NRO December 10, 2004
A SECRETARY FOR FARMLAND SECURITY New York Times December 9, 2004
HOW FAR WE'VE COME NRO December 3, 2004
CULLING FROM AMONG THE MEDIOCRE IN HOLLYWOOD Benador News November 27, 2004
A QUINTESSENTIAL GENERAL New Criterion November 7, 2004
MISPLACED METAPHORS NRO November 24, 2004
THE REAL HUMANISTS NRO November 19, 2004
THE IRONIES AHEAD NRO November 12, 2004
COUNTRY AT A CROSSROADS National Review November 8, 2004 VOL. LVI, NO. 21
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM NRO November 5, 2004
THIS MEMORABLE DAY Wall Street Journal November 2, 2004
THE POWER OF WILL NRO October 29, 2004
REAL DIVIDE IS ONLY IN ELITIST MINDS San Francisco Chronicle October 27, 2004
KERRY'S DILEMMA NRO October 22, 2004
THE THERAPEUTIC CHOICE NRO October 15, 2004
SIZING UP IRAQ NRO October 8, 2004
KERRY, CAPTIVE NRO October 1, 2004
SPREAD DEMOCRACY New York Times September 30, 2004
THE FALL NRO September 24, 2004
THE U.N.? WHO CARES... Wall Street Journal September 23, 2004
SEE YA, IRAQ? LEAVING NOW WOULD BE A DISASTER NRO September 17, 2004
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING NRO September 10, 2004
A FUTILE FOREIGN POLICY National Review September 13, 2004 VOL. LVI, NO. 17
BRACE YOURSELF NRO September 2, 2004
THE FOG OF BATTLE NRO August 27, 2004
WELCOME BACK, EUROPE NRO August 20, 2004
ON LOATHING BUSH NRO August 13, 2004
A RETURN TO CHILDHOOD NRO August 6, 2004
EUROPE'S CHOICE Wall Street Journal August 5, 2004
IF THE DEAD COULD TALK NRO July 30, 2004
HEDGING ON IRAQ NRO July 23, 2004
FAUX POPULISM Benador News July 17, 2004
HISTORY's VERDICT NRO July 16, 2004
ALLIES, FRIENDS, NEUTRALS, OR ENEMIES? Benador News July 10, 2004
CIVILIZATION vs TRIVIA NRO July 9, 2004
ANOTHER 9/11? NRO July 6, 2004
YEAR THREE NRO June 25, 2004
THE ANCIENT GREEKS: WERE THEY LIKE US AT ALL? The New Criterion June 19, 2004
LET EUROPE BE EUROPE NRO June 18, 2004
EXPLAINING RONALD REAGAN Benador Online June 18, 2004
THE LOOK BACK Benador Online June 17, 2004
FEEDING THE MINOTAUR NRO June 14, 2004
REAGAN: THE LEGACY Benador Online June 6, 2004
THE NEW DEFEATISM NRO June 4, 2004
THE TERRIBLE ARITHMETIC Benador Online May 28, 2004
OUR REPTILIAN BRAINS NRO May 28, 2004
SEASON OF APOLOGIES National Review Online May 21, 2004
AMERICAN CANNIBALISM National Review Online May 14, 2004
THE WAGES OF APPEASEMENT Wall Street Journal May 10, 2004
THE WARS FOR THE WEST Benador May 8, 2004
OUR WEIRD WAY OF WAR National Review Online May 7, 2004
ABU GHRAIB Wall Street Journal May 3, 2004
WHAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT SAY National Review Online April 30, 2004
THE POWER TO DO GOOD New York Post April 25, 2004
MYTH OR REALITY? National Review Online April 23, 2004
OUR PRESENT CHAOS National Review Online April 16, 2004
WESTERN CANNIBALISM National Review Online April 8, 2004
LOVIN' EUROPE BY LEAVIN' NRO April 2, 2004
WE ARE FINISHING THE WAR NRO March 26, 2004
DEMONOCRACY NRO March 19, 2004
THICKER THAN OIL National Review Online March 12, 2004
DO WE WANT TO GO BACK? National Review Online March 5, 2004
WORDS THAT DON'T MATTER National Review Online February 27, 2004
[VICTOR DAVIS HANSON's PROFILE] RIGHT WAY TO FARM THE CLASSICS Los Angeles Times February 25, 2004
THE COMING OF NEMESIS National Review Online February 20, 2004
JUST IMAGINE... National Review Online February 13, 2004
WEAPONS OF MASS HYSTERIA National Review Online February 6, 2004
THE MIND OF OUR ENEMIES National Review Online January 30, 2004
BETTER OR WORSE? National Review Online January 23, 2004
EL NORTE Wall Street Journal January 19, 2004
OUR PRIMORDIAL WORLD National Review Online January 16, 2004
THE SAME OLD THING National Review Online January 9, 2004
THE WESTERN DISEASE National Review Online December 30, 2003
STUCK ON CALYPSO'S ISLAND National Review Online December 19, 2003
CRITICAL MASS NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE December 12, 2003
A REAL WAR NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE December 5, 2003
MULTILATERAL MANTRAS NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE November 26, 2003
LOYALTY, HOW QUAINT NATIONAL REVIEW NOVEMBER 24, 2003 VOL. LV, NO. 22
IF IT WEREN'T FOR AMERICA, YOU WOULDN'T BE FREE TO PROTEST THE TIMES OF LONDON November 18, 2003
THE PARADOXES OF AMERICAN MILITARY POWER NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE November 17, 2003
THEN & NOW NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE November 14, 2003
NEVER FORGET NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE November 11, 2003
THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE November 7, 2003
THOSE JEWS NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE October 31, 2003
"THE EVENT OF THE AGE" NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE October 24, 2003
THE VISION THING NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE October 17, 2003
LEGENDS OF THE FALL NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE October 10, 2003
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE October 3, 2003
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE September 26, 2003
THESE ARE HISTORIC TIMES NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE September 19, 2003
THE GREAT DIVIDE NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE September 11, 2003
ARE WE AT WAR OR PEACE NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE September 5, 2003
HOPING WE FAIL NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE August 28, 2003
Phase Three? National Review Online August 21, 2003
The Awakening National Review Online August 14, 2003
HOW WE COLLAPSE National Review Online August 11, 2003
OUR SUMMER OF DISCONTENT National Review Online August 1, 2003
WAR FOLKLORE National Review Online July 25, 2003
IRAQ WAR FOREBODINGS HAVE FIZZLED Newsday July 21, 2003
The Corrections National Review Online July 18, 2003
WHERE HAVE ALL THE AMERICANS GONE Townhall July 13, 2003
THE SURREAL WORLD OF IRAQ National Review Online July 2, 2003
OLD AND IN THE WAY National Review Online June 27, 2003
WINNING AFTER ALL National Review Online June 20, 2003
WINNING AFTER ALL National Review Online June 20, 2003
AN INDIRECT APPROACH? National Review Online June 13, 2003
The Old Game National Review Online June 6, 2003
Gone but not Forgotten National Review Online May 30, 2003
Middle East Tragedies National Review Online May 23, 2003
Back to the Falklands National Review Online May 16, 2003
Postbellum Thoughts National Review Online May 9, 2003
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