This is a collection of articles by columnist, historian, and classicist Victor Davis Hanson that shows why the neglected study of military history is important for everyone, not just those who want to serve in the military. Studying past wars in past ages helps put current wars in perspective and helps one learn why and how wars are fought and justified. Studying the Greek and Roman classics used to be one way that people learned about past wars but few schools below university level now teach about them.
Speaking of the classics, I have [author:Thucydides|957]'s big behemoth [book:The History of the Peloponnesian War|554178] on my to-read shelf and this book makes me feel guilty about not having had the courage to crack it just yet. Maybe next year.
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