Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson (1953 -) je američki vojni historičar, politički komentator i kolumnist, poznat kao jedan od stručnjaka za antičko ratovanje. Hanson je od 2000-ih poznat kao jedan od najvatrenijih pristaša politike Georga W. Busha, te piše redovnu kolumnu za konzervativni časopis National Review. Osim pisanjem se bavi i uzgajanjem grožđica na porodičnoj farmi kraj Fresnoa u Kaliforniji.

Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson drži predavanje na Kenyon Collegeu.
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	1953 Fowler, Kalifornija
Nacionalnost	američka
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	pisac, historičar
Opus
Teme	vojna historija

Djela

• Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece. University of California Press, 1983. ISBN 0-520-21025-5
• The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. ISBN 0-394-57188-6
• Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience, editor, Routledge, 1991. ISBN 0-415-04148-1
• The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization, Free Press, 1995. ISBN 0-02-913751-9
• Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea, Free Press, 1996. ISBN 0-684-82299-7
• Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, with John Heath, Encounter Books, 2001. ISBN 1-893554-26-0
• The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny, Free Press, 1999. ISBN 0-684-84502-4
• The Wars of the Ancient Greeks: And the Invention of Western Military Culture, Cassell, 1999. ISBN 0-304-35222-5
• The Land Was Everything: Letters from an American Farmer, Free Press, 2000. ISBN 0-684-84501-6
• Bonfire of the Humanities: Rescuing the Classics in an Impoverished Age, with John Heath and Bruce S. Thornton, ISI Books, 2001. ISBN 1-882926-54-4
• Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power, Doubleday, 2001. ISBN 0-385-50052-1

  Published in the UK as Why the West Has Won: Carnage and Culture from Salamis to Vietnam, Faber, 2001. ISBN 0-571-20417-1

• An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism, Anchor Books, 2002. ISBN 1-4000-3113-3

  A collection of essays, mostly from National Review, covering events occurring between September 11, 2001 and January 2002

• Mexifornia: A State of Becoming, Encounter Books, 2003. ISBN 1-893554-73-2
• Ripples of Battle: How Wars Fought Long Ago Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think, Doubleday, 2003. ISBN 0-385-50400-4
• Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq, Random House, 2004. ISBN 0-8129-7273-2

  A collection of essays, mostly from National Review, covering events occurring between January 2002 and July 2003

• A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War, Random House, 2005. ISBN 1-4000-6095-8
• The Father of Us All: War and History, Ancient and Modern, Bloomsbury Press, 2010

Eksterni linkovi

Službeni sajtovi

• Victor Davis Hanson's Private Papers — Hanson's website; carries columns and essays by Hanson and colleagues
• Hanson's National Review articles Arhivirano 2006-11-13 na Wayback Machine-u — archive at National Review Online
• Works and Days Arhivirano 2015-12-19 na Wayback Machine-u — Hanson's blog at Pajamas Media

Obrazovne institucije i trustovi mozgova

• Bio from Fresno State News Arhivirano 2009-02-24 na Wayback Machine-u
• Hoover Institution bio Arhivirano 2010-05-23 na Wayback Machine-u
• Claremont Institute bio Arhivirano 2006-08-26 na Wayback Machine-u
• The Sage of Fresno Arhivirano 2008-07-05 na Wayback Machine-u by Jonathan Kay, a media fellow at the Hoover Institution
• Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Arhivirano 2011-10-10 na Wayback Machine-u

Kritike

• Torturing History — a review of Carnage And Culture by Chris Bray, who claims that Hanson rewrites history; see also Hanson's reply
• When Superpowers Lose Arhivirano 2006-12-30 na Wayback Machine-u — a review of Carnage and Culture from a socialist perspective
• Thucydides vs. Victor Davis Hanson — article by John Taylor, who questions Hanson's scholarship and intellectual rigor
• It's All Greek to Victor Davis Hanson Arhivirano 2011-08-07 na Wayback Machine-u — article by Gary Brecher, disputing Hanson's grasp of military history and command of logic

Intervjui

• Hardcore History — Hanson interviewed on Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast
• Audio interview with Victor Davis Hanson Arhivirano 2011-10-16 na Wayback Machine-u

Kratka djela

• Introduction Arhivirano 2010-01-03 na Wayback Machine-u Hanson's intro to the 2007 edition of E.B. Sledge: With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa