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Victor Davis Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush and served on the American Battle Monuments Commission from 2007 to 2008.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson received the National Humanities Medal in 2007 from President George W. Bush and was appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission from 2007 to 2008.
Before becoming a professor at California State University, Fresno, Victor Davis Hanson worked as a full-time journalist for a major newspaper.
Answer: False
Prior to his professorship at California State University, Fresno, Victor Davis Hanson worked as a full-time orchard and vineyard grower, not a journalist.
Which of the following is NOT one of Victor Davis Hanson's primary professional roles or affiliations?
Answer: Visiting professor at Stanford University
Victor Davis Hanson is a Professor Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and a Visiting Professor at Hillsdale College. While he earned his Ph.D. from Stanford, he is not listed as a visiting professor there.
From which institution did Victor Davis Hanson earn his Ph.D. in classics in 1980?
Answer: Stanford University
Victor Davis Hanson earned his Ph.D. in classics from Stanford University in 1980.
What significant teaching award did Victor Davis Hanson receive in 1991?
Answer: American Philological Association's Excellence in Teaching Award
In 1991, Victor Davis Hanson received the American Philological Association's Excellence in Teaching Award.
Why did Victor Davis Hanson take early retirement from California State University, Fresno, in 2004?
Answer: To dedicate more time to political writing and popular history
Victor Davis Hanson took early retirement from California State University, Fresno, in 2004 to dedicate more time to his political writing and popular history endeavors.
Victor Davis Hanson's Ph.D. thesis, *Warfare and Agriculture* (1983), argued that Greek warfare had little connection to agrarian life and significantly devastated agricultural production.
Answer: False
In his Ph.D. thesis, *Warfare and Agriculture* (1983), Victor Davis Hanson argued the opposite: that Greek warfare was intrinsically linked to agrarian life and that the devastation to agriculture during classical wars was largely overestimated.
Donald Kagan praised Victor Davis Hanson's research on the small family farmer, calling it the most important contribution to Greek history in Kagan's lifetime.
Answer: True
Donald Kagan, a Yale University lecturer, indeed praised Victor Davis Hanson's research on the small family farmer's role in democracy as the most significant contribution to Greek history in his lifetime.
*The Other Greeks* (1995) proposed that the emergence of the Greek city-state was primarily due to the influence of a powerful aristocratic class.
Answer: False
*The Other Greeks* (1995) argued that the emergence of the Greek city-state was primarily due to the rise of a distinct middling agrarian class, not an aristocratic class.
*Who Killed Homer?* (1998), co-authored by Hanson, argues for the restoration of classical education due to its importance for understanding Western culture.
Answer: True
*Who Killed Homer?* (1998), co-authored by Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath, indeed advocates for the restoration of classical education, asserting its fundamental importance for a comprehensive understanding of Western culture.
Francis Fukuyama reviewed *Who Killed Homer?* unfavorably, criticizing its traditionalist approach to the classics.
Answer: False
Francis Fukuyama reviewed *Who Killed Homer?* favorably, commending its defense of a traditionalist approach to classical studies, rather than criticizing it.
Victoria Cech criticized *Who Killed Homer?* for presenting an idealized view of classical attitudes without adequately addressing issues like individual freedom of belief in ancient Greece.
Answer: True
Victoria Cech indeed criticized *Who Killed Homer?* for presenting an idealized view of classical attitudes and for not adequately differentiating the individual's relationship to the state or freedom of belief in ancient Greece.
Joy Connolly praised *Who Killed Homer?* for its nuanced examination of sexism in classical and Western cultures and its progressive views on women's rights.
Answer: False
Joy Connolly criticized *Who Killed Homer?* for its authors' perspective on women's rights and feminism, specifically noting their assertion that feminism's legacy is the destruction of family and community values, rather than praising it for progressive views.
Victor Davis Hanson co-edited *Hoplites* in 1991, which focused on the classical Greek battle experience.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson co-edited *Hoplites* in 1991, a collection of essays that indeed focuses on the classical Greek battle experience.
What was the central argument of Victor Davis Hanson's Ph.D. thesis, *Warfare and Agriculture* (1983)?
Answer: Greek warfare was intrinsically linked to agrarian life, and agriculture's suffering during classical wars was largely overestimated.
In *Warfare and Agriculture* (1983), Victor Davis Hanson argued that Greek warfare was intrinsically linked to agrarian life and that the impact of classical wars on agricultural suffering was largely overestimated.
According to *The Other Greeks* (1995), what was crucial to the emergence of the Greek city-state and its unique values?
Answer: The rise of a distinct middling agrarian class
In *The Other Greeks* (1995), Victor Davis Hanson argued that the rise of a distinct middling agrarian class was crucial to the emergence of the Greek city-state and its unique values.
Which two books by Victor Davis Hanson expressed concern over the decline of family farming and rural communities?
Answer: *Fields Without Dreams* and *The Land Was Everything*
Victor Davis Hanson expressed concern over the decline of family farming and rural communities in his books *Fields Without Dreams* (1996) and *The Land Was Everything* (2000).
How did *A War Like No Other* (2005) approach the history of the Peloponnesian War?
Answer: It presented an alternative history organized by different methods of fighting.
*A War Like No Other* (2005) presented an alternative history of the Peloponnesian War, organized by different methods of fighting, such as triremes, hoplites, cavalry, and sieges.
What was the main topic of *Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom* (1998)?
Answer: The decline of classical education in the U.S. and proposals for its restoration.
*Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom* (1998) primarily examines the decline of classical education in the United States and proposes methods for its restoration.
What was Francis Fukuyama's general opinion of *Who Killed Homer?*?
Answer: He reviewed it favorably, noting its defense of a traditionalist approach.
Francis Fukuyama reviewed *Who Killed Homer?* favorably, specifically noting its defense of a traditionalist approach to classical studies against postmodernist and pragmatic criticisms.
*Carnage and Culture* (2001) was published in Great Britain under the title *The Western Way of War*.
Answer: False
In Great Britain and Commonwealth countries, *Carnage and Culture* (2001) was published under the title *Why the West Has Won*, not *The Western Way of War*.
Hanson's *Carnage and Culture* argues that Western military dominance primarily stems from environmental and geographical advantages, aligning with Jared Diamond's theories.
Answer: False
In *Carnage and Culture*, Hanson explicitly rejects environmental and geographical determinist theories, such as those of Jared Diamond, arguing instead that Western military dominance derives from cultural factors.
Robert L. Bateman criticized Hanson's *Carnage and Culture* thesis by citing the Second Punic War, where Roman attempts at decisive battles led to their own annihilation at Cannae.
Answer: True
Robert L. Bateman indeed criticized Hanson's *Carnage and Culture* thesis, using the Roman defeat at Cannae during the Second Punic War as a counter-example to the idea of Western armies always seeking decisive battles of annihilation.
Victor Davis Hanson responded to Robert L. Bateman by stating that the Romans consistently sought decisive battles throughout the Second Punic War, even after early defeats.
Answer: False
Victor Davis Hanson clarified that the Romans initially sought decisive battles but adopted a Fabian strategy after defeats, only reverting to decisive engagements after rebuilding their military capacity.
*The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation* is the title of Victor Davis Hanson's book published in 2024.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson's book published in 2024 is indeed titled *The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation*.
Which of Hanson's books explored the experiences of combatants in ancient Greek battles and the Hellenic origins of Western military practices?
Answer: *The Western Way of War* (1989)
*The Western Way of War* (1989) specifically explored the experiences of combatants in ancient Greek battles and the Hellenic origins of Western military practices.
What was the central argument of *The Soul of Battle* (1999) regarding democratic warfare?
Answer: The strengths of democratic warfare are best demonstrated in swift, intense campaigns aimed at promoting consensual rule.
*The Soul of Battle* (1999) argued that the strengths of democratic warfare are most effectively demonstrated in swift, intense campaigns aimed at promoting consensual rule, rather than in prolonged occupations or static engagements.
*Ripples of Battle* (2003) explored which of the following topics?
Answer: How battle experiences influence combatants' later literary and artistic work and shape culture across generations.
*Ripples of Battle* (2003) explored how the intense experiences of battle influence combatants' later literary and artistic work, and how these conflicts shape culture across generations.
What is the alternative title for Victor Davis Hanson's book *Carnage and Culture* in Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries?
Answer: *Why the West Has Won*
In Great Britain and the Commonwealth countries, Victor Davis Hanson's book *Carnage and Culture* (2001) was published under the title *Why the West Has Won*.
According to *Carnage and Culture*, what is a core aspect of Western culture that contributes to its military superiority?
Answer: Consensual government and self-critique
In *Carnage and Culture*, Victor Davis Hanson argues that core aspects of Western culture, including consensual government and a tradition of self-critique, contribute to its military superiority.
How does Hanson's *Carnage and Culture* explicitly differ from Jared Diamond's explanations for societal success?
Answer: Hanson focuses on cultural factors, explicitly rejecting racial and environmental/geographical determinist theories.
Hanson's *Carnage and Culture* explicitly differs from Jared Diamond's theories by emphasizing cultural factors for Western military preeminence and rejecting racial, environmental, or geographical determinist explanations.
In *Mexifornia* (2003), Victor Davis Hanson predicted that illegal immigration would reach crisis levels unless legal, measured, and diverse immigration was reinstated alongside traditional melting-pot values.
Answer: True
In *Mexifornia* (2003), Victor Davis Hanson indeed predicted that illegal immigration would escalate to crisis levels without the re-establishment of legal, measured, and diverse immigration, coupled with traditional melting-pot values.
As of 2020, Victor Davis Hanson is a registered member of the Republican Party.
Answer: False
As of 2020, Victor Davis Hanson is a registered independent, although he identifies as a conservative. He was formerly a registered Democrat.
Victor Davis Hanson was a vocal critic of George W. Bush's policies, particularly the Iraq War.
Answer: False
Victor Davis Hanson was a staunch defender of George W. Bush and his policies, especially the Iraq War, not a vocal critic.
In *An Autumn of War* (2002), Hanson advocated for engaging in war 'hard, long, without guilt, apology or respite until our enemies are no more.'
Answer: True
In *An Autumn of War* (2002), Victor Davis Hanson indeed advocated for a resolute and sustained military engagement, stating the necessity to wage war 'hard, long, without guilt, apology or respite until our enemies are no more.'
Victor Davis Hanson's book *The Case for Trump* (2019) was praised by Donald Trump himself.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson's 2019 book, *The Case for Trump*, was indeed praised by Donald Trump himself.
In *The Case for Trump*, Hanson criticized Donald Trump's communication style as unprofessional and detrimental to his political image.
Answer: False
In *The Case for Trump*, Victor Davis Hanson defended Donald Trump's communication style, characterizing his insults and inflammatory language as 'uncouth authenticity' and commending his ability to 'troll' critics, rather than criticizing it.
Victor Davis Hanson's column 'Facing Facts about Race' was a direct response to Attorney General Eric Holder's speech about 'the Talk' given to black sons.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson's column 'Facing Facts about Race' was indeed written as a direct response to Attorney General Eric Holder's speech concerning 'the Talk' given to black sons about interacting with police.
Ta-Nehisi Coates praised Hanson's 'Facing Facts about Race' column for its insightful and sensitive advice on race relations.
Answer: False
Ta-Nehisi Coates of *The Atlantic* described Victor Davis Hanson's 'Facing Facts about Race' column as 'stupid advice,' questioning its sensitivity and insight, rather than praising it.
Arthur Stern labeled Hanson's 'Facing Facts About Race' column as 'inflammatory' and 'undeniably racist.'
Answer: True
Arthur Stern indeed labeled Victor Davis Hanson's 'Facing Facts About Race' column as 'inflammatory' and 'undeniably racist,' arguing it presented controversial opinions as facts without sufficient proof.
Kelefa Sanneh found Hanson's column on race relations strange because it implied African-American parents were uninformed about crime, despite them often giving similar advice.
Answer: True
Kelefa Sanneh found Victor Davis Hanson's column 'Facing Facts About Race' peculiar, noting its implication that African-American parents were uninformed about crime, despite their frequent provision of similar, albeit more nuanced, advice to their children.
Victor Davis Hanson responded to Kelefa Sanneh's criticism by acknowledging the validity of some of Sanneh's points regarding nuanced advice.
Answer: False
Victor Davis Hanson responded to Kelefa Sanneh's criticism by accusing Sanneh of 'McCarthyite character assassination' and employing 'infantile, if not racialist, logic,' rather than acknowledging the validity of his points.
Victor Davis Hanson was a strong supporter of President Barack Obama's foreign policy, particularly his approach to Iran and Russia.
Answer: False
Victor Davis Hanson was a vocal critic of President Barack Obama and his administration, specifically criticizing his foreign policy for perceived 'appeasement' of Iran and Russia.
In May 2016, Hanson predicted that President Obama's foreign policy failures could lead to the most perilous global period since World War II.
Answer: True
In May 2016, Victor Davis Hanson indeed predicted that President Obama's foreign policy failures, particularly in maintaining deterrence, could usher in the most perilous global period since World War II.
In *Mexifornia* (2003), what did Victor Davis Hanson predict would reach crisis levels without specific changes?
Answer: Illegal immigration
In *Mexifornia* (2003), Victor Davis Hanson predicted that illegal immigration would reach crisis levels unless legal, measured, and diverse immigration was reinstated alongside traditional melting-pot values.
As of 2020, what is Victor Davis Hanson's political party affiliation?
Answer: Independent
As of 2020, Victor Davis Hanson is a registered independent, identifying as a conservative, having previously been a registered Democrat.
Which U.S. President did Victor Davis Hanson vote for in both the 2000 and 2004 elections?
Answer: George W. Bush
Victor Davis Hanson voted for George W. Bush in both the 2000 and 2004 United States presidential elections.
How did Victor Davis Hanson view George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, during the Iraq War?
Answer: As a visionary whose efforts were leading to victory.
Victor Davis Hanson vocally supported George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, during the Iraq War, describing him as a visionary whose efforts were leading to victory.
What strong stance on military action did Victor Davis Hanson advocate for in his 2002 work *An Autumn of War*?
Answer: Engaging in war 'hard, long, without guilt, apology or respite until our enemies are no more.'
In *An Autumn of War* (2002), Victor Davis Hanson advocated for a resolute and sustained military engagement, stating the necessity to wage war 'hard, long, without guilt, apology or respite until our enemies are no more.'
In *The Case for Trump* (2019), how did Victor Davis Hanson defend Donald Trump's communication style?
Answer: He defended it as 'uncouth authenticity' and commended his ability to 'troll' critics.
In *The Case for Trump* (2019), Victor Davis Hanson defended Donald Trump's communication style as 'uncouth authenticity' and praised his 'uncanny ability to troll and create hysteria among his media and political critics.'
What was Ta-Nehisi Coates's reaction to Victor Davis Hanson's column 'Facing Facts about Race'?
Answer: He described it as 'stupid advice' and questioned Hanson's sensitivity.
Ta-Nehisi Coates of *The Atlantic* described Victor Davis Hanson's column 'Facing Facts about Race' as 'stupid advice,' questioning Hanson's sensitivity and mental faculties.
What was Victor Davis Hanson's general stance on President Barack Obama and his administration?
Answer: He was a vocal critic of Obama and his administration.
Victor Davis Hanson maintained a consistently vocal critical stance toward President Barack Obama and his administration.
What foreign policy criticisms did Victor Davis Hanson level against the Obama administration?
Answer: He criticized their perceived 'appeasement' of Iran and Russia and attributed the 2014 Ukraine war to their policies.
Victor Davis Hanson criticized the Obama administration for its perceived 'appeasement' of Iran and Russia, and he attributed the 2014 Ukraine war to its foreign policy decisions.
What is the title of the collection of essays by Victor Davis Hanson, primarily from *National Review*, covering events between September 11, 2001, and January 2002?
Answer: *An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism*
The collection of essays by Victor Davis Hanson, primarily from *National Review*, covering events between September 11, 2001, and January 2002, is titled *An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism*.
Victor Davis Hanson's youngest daughter, Susannah, passed away from a heart condition in 2014.
Answer: False
Victor Davis Hanson's youngest daughter, Susannah, tragically passed away in 2014 from leukemia, not a heart condition.
Victor Davis Hanson's family has continuously owned their farm in California's Central Valley since the 1870s.
Answer: True
Victor Davis Hanson resides on a family farm in California's Central Valley that has been continuously owned by his family since the 1870s.
Victor Davis Hanson was named after a family member who died during which significant World War II battle?
Answer: Battle of Okinawa
Victor Davis Hanson was named after his father's cousin, who was killed during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.
When did Victor Davis Hanson marry Cara Webb, and how many children did they have together?
Answer: 1977, three children
Victor Davis Hanson married Cara Webb on June 18, 1977, and they had three children together: two daughters and a son.
What tragic event occurred in Victor Davis Hanson's family in 2014?
Answer: His youngest daughter, Susannah, passed away from leukemia.
In 2014, Victor Davis Hanson's youngest daughter, Susannah, tragically passed away from leukemia.