Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and grape farmer known both as a scholar of ancient warfare, a commentator on modern warfare, and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz (1975) and his Ph.D. from Stanford University (1980), and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was professor at California State University, Fresno, where he began teaching in 1984 when he started the classics program there.

He is a member of the Democratic party but holds conservative views on many issues. He is a contributor to National Review and the Wall Street Journal. He cites the Theban general and statesman Epaminondas as one of his heroes. Like neoconservatives, Hanson has strongly hawkish, pro-Israel views on the Middle East.

Works

• Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing: 1989.
• Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience, (editor), Routledge Publishing: 1993.
• The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization, Free Press: 1995.
• Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Ideal, Free Press: 1997.
• Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, University of California Press: 1998.
• Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, (with John Heath), Free Press: 1998.
• The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny, Anchor Books: 1999.
• Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power, Anchor Books: 2001. Published in the UK as Why the West has Won, Faber and Faber: 2001 ISBN 0571216404
• Mexifornia: A State of Becoming, Encounter Books: 2003.
• Ripples of Battle: How Wars Fought Long Ago Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think, Doubleday: 2003 ISBN 0385504004

External links

• Official Website of Victor Davis Hanson (http://victorhanson.com)
• Archive of Hanson's articles at National Review Online (http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson-archive.asp)
• VDH quotes from 2003 articles (http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/vdh.php)
• Bio from Fresno State News (http://www.fresnostatenews.com/2001/October/VictorDavisHanson.htm)
• Hoover Institution Bio (http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/hanson.html)
• An interview with Right Wing News (http://www.rightwingnews.com/interviews/hanson.php)
• Victor Hanson Biography (http://www.fresnostate.net/Classics/Biographies.htm)