Hanson, Victor Davis <br/><br/>
The Western way of war :  infantry battle in classical Greece / 
by Victor Davis Hanson; with an introduction by John Keegan. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  1989. 
 - xxiv, 244 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: I: The Greeks and modern warfare -- Ordinary things, ordinary people -- A Western way of war -- Not strategy, not tactics -- The Hoplite and his phalanx: War in an agricultural society -- Sources of inquiry -- II: The ordeal of the Hoplite -- The burden of Hoplite arms and armor -- The old men -- The dread of massed attack -- III: The triumph of will -- A soldier's general -- Unit spirit and morale: The origins of the regimental system -- Drink -- IV: Battle! -- The charge -- A collision of men -- Tears and gaps -- The push and collapse -- Confusion, misdirection, and mob violence -- V: Aftermath -- The killing field -- The wounded -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Military art and science--History--Greece<br/>Infantry drill and tactics--History.<br/>Strategic culture.