The Western way of war : infantry battle in classical Greece / by Victor Davis Hanson; with an introduction by John Keegan.

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.