Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and author of the book "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won." You can reach him by e-mailing [email protected].
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Unlike coups or political revolutions, cultural revolutions don’t just change governments or leaders. Instead, they try to redefine entire societies. Their leaders call them “holistic”… Read More
SecurityCommentary
George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a police officer used brutally excessive force to arrest him. It was the latest in… Read More
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Red- and blue-state America was already divided before the coronavirus epidemic hit. Globalization had enriched the East Coast and West Coast corridors but hollowed out… Read More
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Seventy-five years ago this month, Germany surrendered, ending the European theater of World War II. At the war’s beginning, no one believed Germany would utterly… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The world was a dangerous place before—and will be after—the coronavirus pandemic. While Americans debate the proper ongoing response to the virus and argue over… Read More
Health CareCommentary
We are a few days away from a rendezvous with some tough conclusions about COVID-19. A number of concurrent developments are coming to a head…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
A current global myth alleges that America under the Trump administration is not leading the world fight against the coronavirus in its accustomed role as… Read More
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The ancient Greeks believed that true leadership in crisis came down to what they called pronoia—the Greek word for “strategic foresight.” Some statesman, such as… Read More
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Try this thought experiment. Envision the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as a living, breathing enemy—which, of course, is exactly what it is. But imagine… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The recent spread of the coronavirus is causing a global panic. Our shared terror arises not so much from the death toll of the new… Read More
