Why the West Has Won

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Why the West Has Won
Author : Victor Davis Hanson
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Language : English
Release Date : 06 May 2024
ISBN : 0571216404
Pages : 492 pages
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'Why The West Has Won' provides a history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success.

Why the West Has Won

'Why The West Has Won' provides a history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success.

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Why the West Has Won

A brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success. Instead of weighing up the West through its cultural and literary accomplishments. Hanson engages with the much starker record of the Western battlefield. In place of The Great Books, he

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