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Now military historian Victor Davis Hanson on his book the savior generals profiles of five military leaders he says saved wars that otherwise would have been lost. Over the next hour, that he is interviewed by Kimberly Kagan founder and president of the institute for the study of war. Host first of all congratulations professor hanson on another great look, the savior generals. Guest thank you for reading it. Im glad i wrote it. A little different than past books but im excited its finally done. Host tell me, how do you define a savior general . Guest you you know the words savior sort of ambiguous. They not only say things to Say Something that has to be lost to begin with and savior with the adjectival ending means it should these saved so great generals like modell or xerxes we are not sure they shouldve say the ....
how do you define a savior? guest: it is and give us indigenous. savior as the title means it should be saved. they were not sure that they should have saved some things slide is trying to do two things, describe the generals the would put in position things that didn t look too good and the cause was worth saving. host: tell me a little bit about what inspired you to write a book about this moment in time and in history. guest: it is the 19th century genre and we read about alexander and hamilton and not so much but napoleon and wellington and we are supposed to distill lessons from their military genius. why wasn t napoleon able to do the following degette we had the antipathy of the 19th century who were the worst generals but we don t look at situations in which the generals prevail the manpower and technology that would put people on the positions especially in the societies where the public opinion and the bureaucracy are that he elected that had given u ....
host: congratulations. guest: thank you. i m glad i wrote it. a little dpimpt than past books. i m excited it s finally done. host: tell me, how to you define a savior general? guest: ambiguous. they not only save things to save something has to be lost to begin with. savior would be means that it should be saved. whether it s great generals, we re not sure they should saved they should have done. i was trying to do two things. generals nut a position where they didn t go too good. and the cause was worth saving. host: tell me a little bit about what inspired you to write a book about savior generals at this moment in time and history. guest: we had these 19th century genre. great captain and generals. we read about napoleon and wellington, and supposed to dispel lessons from the why wasn t napoleon about to do it. we have the antithesis, the very popular 20th century who were the worst generals, we don t really look at situations in which generals preva ....
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