Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine how We Fight, how We Live, and how We Think

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Doubleday, 2003 - History - 278 pages
A bestselling military historian investigates three key battles in Western history and reveals their enduring impact on civilization and the way people view the world. 8-page insert.

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Okinawa April 1July 2 1945
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CHAPTER 2
71
The Myth of the Lost Opportunity
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Victor Davis Hanson is the military historian who is a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno. He has written several popular books on classic warfare, including "The Other Greeks", "Who Killed Homer?", & "The Western Way of War". He lives in Selma, California.

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