Victor Davis Hanson

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January 01, 1953 in The United States

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Hanson was educated at the University of California, Santa Cruz (BA, Classics, 1975), the American School of Classical Studies (1978-79) and received his Ph.D. in Classics from Stanford University in 1980. He lives and works with his family on their forty-acre tree and vine farm near Selma, California, where he was born in 1953.

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Average rating: 4.05 · 3,365 ratings · 435 reviews · 33 distinct works

	Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power 4.18 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War 4.03 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece by Victor Davis Hanson, John Keegan (Introduction) 4.12 avg rating — 242 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live & How We Think 3.98 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day 4.20 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mexifornia: A State of Becoming 3.67 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Who Killed Homer: The Demise of Classical Education & the Recovery of Greek Wisdom by Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath 3.84 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern 3.94 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	An Autumn of War 3.89 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq 3.83 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:

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