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The Western Edge.(Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power)(Review)
Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power, by Victor Davis Hanson (Doubleday, 492 pp., $29.95)
The serious academic historian ignores military history, treating it as a form of misplaced machismo, fit only for "buffs" of various wars, collectors of toy soldiers, and denizens of retrograde enclaves like West Point and the Naval Academy. As a result, military history is the most popular and creative form of historical writing today. Its pariah status in the university has allowed it to flourish unpolluted by postmodernism and political correctness. Civil War history is the one remaining field in American history where authors are routinely ...
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