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<p>In a recent review of Donald Kagan’s The Peloponnesian War, and my Autumn of War, ("Theatres of War:  Why the battles over ancient Athens still rage”  New Yorker Magazine, [January 12, 2004]), the classicist Daniel Mendelsohn  says that I believe that it is immoral to suggest defeat can be seen as victory: "The play asks the very question that Victor Davis Hanson considers "immoral": whether abject defeat can yet somehow be a victory."</p>

On Monday, September 11 at 3:30 am An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism Victor Davis Hanson Description: Victor Davis Hanson discusses his book "An Autumn of War," a collection of essays written since 9-11. During his talk, Professor Hanson talks about why America was attacked, the lessons learned from the attack, and the Bush administration's response to it. He also comments on the war in Afghanistan and argues for U.S. military action against Iraq. The talk was held at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Annapolis, Maryland. Professor Hanson answers questions following...

The military historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson is one of the favorite intellectuals of the Bush White House. He has met with the president and addressed the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dick Cheney has told aides that Hanson's book ''An Autumn of War'' reflects his own philosophy. It's easy to see why. ''An Autumn of War,'' a collection of pieces written in the months following 9/11, primarily for National Review Online and for conservative publications like City Journal, is a volume that breathes fire and outrage. It calls for ''resolute action and victory'' against terrorism, while waxing indignant over...