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Hanson, Victor Davis.
Ripples of battle : how wars of the past still determine how we fight, how we live, and how we think / by Victor Davis Hanson.— 1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Military art and science. 2. Civilization, Western. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Japan—Okinawa Island. 4. Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. 5. Delium, Battle of, Greece, 424 B.C. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Influence. 7. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Influence. 8. Greece—History—Peloponnesian War, 431–404 B.C.—Influence. I. Title.
U27.H38 2003
355.02—dc21 2003044043
Copyright © 2003 by Victor Davis Hanson
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