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The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle , the acclaimed historian Victor Davis Hanson weaves wide-ranging military and cultural history with his unparalleled gift for... read more

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Throughout the fall of 2001 and early 2002, the military referents in the West for the war against the Islamic fundamentalists were the fanatical kamikazes of Okinawa of the past-their letters published in newspapers, the Pacific war recounted by columnists, and veterans of the conflict interviewed on television.

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  1. Victor Davis Hanson (Author)
 

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