Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow of Classics and Military History at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

On and Off the Pedestal

Robert E. Lee displayed admirable virtues but has been lionized out of proportion to his character and accomplishments.

Never Trump intellectuals can be every bit as crude as their detested nemesis.

Senator Tom Cotton weaves his own personal history into this loving description of The Old Guard.

A review of Proconsuls: Delegated Political-Military Leadership from Rome to America Today, by Carnes Lord

Why do men fight the way they do?

Mistakes are inevitable; victory is not.

Don't underestimate the spirit of freedom in citizen-soldiers, ancient and modern.

A review of God's War: A New History of the Crusades, by Christopher Tyerman

Can last year's car burnings and riots happen here?

University presidents used to be dignified.

Patton was a great man despite his indiscretions, rather than a small one because of them.

The central lesson of history is that all forms of greatness are perilous without a humble and a contrite heart.