TY - BOOK AU - Hanson,Victor Davis AU - Keegan,John TI - The Western way of war: infantry battle in classical Greece PY - 1989/// CY - New York PB - Alfred A. Knopf KW - Military art and science KW - Greece KW - History KW - Infantry drill and tactics KW - Strategic culture N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-234) and index; 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 ER -