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PublisherBasic Books
ISBN-101541673522
ISBN-139781541673526
eBay Product ID (ePID)16062740559
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnd of Everything : How Wars Descend Into Annihilation
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicCivilization, Military / Ancient, Military / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorVictor Davis Hanson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight19.6 Oz
Item Length9.9 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-402636
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"In recent years, we have witnessed man's inhumanity toward man that many thought had been consigned to the distant past. In The End of Everything , Victor Davis Hanson tells compelling and harrowing stories of how civilizations perished. He helps us consider contemporary affairs in light of that history, think about the unthinkable, and recognize the urgency of trying to prevent our own demise."-- H.R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World, "Victor Davis Hanson, impressively learned, imaginative, temperate, and discerning, has written a history of the most vicious old wars that is also instructive in dealing with modern monsters."-- Claremont Review of Books, "This stupendous book offers a gripping account of catastrophic defeat. Outstanding military historian Victor Davis Hanson takes us through four wars, each of which not only crushed an enemy but destroyed a civilization. Are we doomed to go the way of Thebes, Carthage, the Byzantines, or the Aztecs? To understand the challenges we face, you must read The End of Everything ."-- Barry Strauss, author of The War that Made the Roman Empire, "Relevant to the modern world by combining granularity with big-picture analysis and teasing out meaning from a mastery of details... [A] profound book."-- Wall Street Journal
Dewey Decimal355.02
SynopsisAn instant New York Times bestseller, this "profound book" ( Wall Street Journal ) charts how and why some societies chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization--sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling the end of political systems, cultures, and epochs. Though much has changed over the millennia, human nature remains the same. Modern societies are not immune from the horror of a war of extinction. In The End of Everything , military historian Victor Davis Hanson narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World to show how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration. In the stories of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he depicts war's drama, violence, and folly. Highlighting the naivete that plagued the vanquished and the wrath that justified mass slaughter, Hanson delivers a sobering call to contemporary readers to heed the lessons of obliteration lest we blunder into catastrophe once again., A New York Times -bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization-sometimes to the breaking point. From Troy to Hiroshima, moments when war has ended in utter annihilation have reverberated through the centuries, signaling the end of political systems, cultures, and epochs. Though much has changed over the millennia, human nature remains the same. Modern societies are not immune from the horror of a war of extinction. In The End of Everything , military historian Victor Davis Hanson narrates a series of sieges and sackings that span the age of antiquity to the conquest of the New World to show how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration. In the stories of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he depicts war's drama, violence, and folly. Highlighting the naivete that plagued the vanquished and the wrath that justified mass slaughter, Hanson delivers a sobering call to contemporary readers to heed the lessons of obliteration lest we blunder into catastrophe once again.
LC Classification NumberU27.H3 2024
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- 11. Jan. 2025
Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is very gifted and a brilliant historian. I pitch. The book because of his authorship
Great book and fantastic authorBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 19. Mai. 2024
Book is great... But the packaging couldn't have been better!
Book is great... But the packaging couldn't have been better!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 03. Jun. 2024
I have not yet read the book, but bought it as recommended by Mark Levin.
I have not yet read the book, but bought it as recommended by Mark Levin.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 28. Mai. 2024
Great book
Great bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 26. Jul. 2024
Intersting!
Awesome sauce! But it's a better read by far than a condiment.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 07. Jun. 2024
Nice book
Nice bookBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 27. Aug. 2024
Nice read
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- 15. Mai. 2024
Great book. Thanks you
Great book. Thanks youBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 11. Okt. 2024
see above
interesting - fits the timesBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Mai. 2024
VERY GOOD
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