New York Times–bestselling historian Victor Davis Hanson charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the modern era chose to utterly destroy their foes, warning that similar wars of obliteration are possible in our time. War can settle disputes, topple tyrants, and bend the trajectory of civilization—sometimes to the breaking point.

In The End of Everything, Hanson narrates sieges and sackings from antiquity to the New World, showing how societies descend into barbarism and obliteration. Through the stories of Thebes, Carthage, Constantinople, and Tenochtitlan, he depicts war’s drama, violence, and folly, urging readers to heed the lessons of history to avoid repeating catastrophic mistakes.

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Author: Victor Davis Hanson

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