汉森抛开地理或先进技术等流行解释，认为正是西方的文化和价值观——持不同政见的传统、对创造力和适应力的重视以及公民意识——才使得西方始终拥有更强大的武器和士兵。 《大屠杀与文化》通过引人入胜的战斗叙事和避免简单胜利主义的平衡视角，展示了军队与产生它们的文化之间的不可分割性，并解释了为什么自由文化产生的军队总是具有优势。 Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes’s conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive--Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world.
Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values–the tradition of dissent, the value placed on inventiveness and adaptation, the concept of citizenship–which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers. Offering riveting battle narratives and a balanced perspective that avoids simple triumphalism, Carnage and Culture demonstrates how armies cannot be separated from the cultures that produce them and explains why an army produced by a free culture will always have the advantage.
杀戮与文化（罗辑思维版）
作者: [美] 维克托·戴维斯·汉森 (Victor Davis Hanson) 副标题: 西方军队胜利的秘密 原名: Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power 译者: 傅翀 / 吴昕欣 出版年: 2015-7 页数: 708 定价: 79.00
维克托·戴维斯·汉森，军事历史学家，加利福尼亚州立大学弗雷斯诺校区古典文化学教授。傅翀，毕业于浙江大学。除译有《杀戮与文化》一书外，目前正在翻译乔纳森·萨姆欣（Jonathan Sumption）的《百年战争》（The Hundred Years War）一书。吴昕欣，毕业于浙江大学外语学院，现从事版权引进工作。
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