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Hanson, a classics professor at California State University at Fresno, first analyzed Western military dynamism in his 1989 work, The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Ancient Greece. He argued that the Western military ethos is traceable to warring Greek city-states, which contracted among themselves to meet at an agreed-on battlefield, fight to a decisive conclusion and not yield that field until one side was broken. The idea took root that war's central purpose was to "find and engage [the enemy] in order to end the entire business as quickly as possible." Subtitled Landmark Battles...
...Greek phalanx - columns of spear-carriers drawn largely from free property owners with a substantial stake in a battle's outcome - established infantrymen as the centerpiece of European military power. At the Battle of Poitiers (A.D. 732) Frankish infantry, the phalanx's latest adaptation, routed much-feared Muslim cavalrymen. The Franks' victory confirmed, says Hanson, "that good heavy infantry, if it maintained rank and found a defensible position, usually defeated good cavalry...
...monopoly on individual bravery or strategic genius. It's just that culture and history have made Westerners more skilled on the killing fields. And in a passage Osama bin Laden (or Japanese militarists) might have profited from, Hanson points to the way in which the West's Greek-originated ethical ideas generate a murderous indignation: "We in the West call the few casualties we suffer from terrorism and surprise 'cowardly,' the frightful losses we inflict through open and direct assault 'fair...
...quick-fix” physical and chemical solutions, such as SSRI’s, have come into vogue, while the more involved and more important process of healing the metaphysical soul is neglected. On this front, Frattaroli enjoys referencing the etymology of psychiatry, which derives from the Greek meaning, roughly, “healing the soul...
...priority; who involve themselves on campus and in the community; who are competitive and team players; and who treat themselves and others with respect.” Apparently this description fits more than 25 Harvard students who are currently in the process of joining the fraternity. While most Greek organizations have open-rush policies, these would-be Pikes were recommended by members of other Pike chapters, by Harvard’s DG chapter and by Parry himself...