Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think gritty realism are both perfectly normal and

are both perfectly normal and totally wonderful

and joys of the frontier in a dazzling work of historical fiction

Mac will have to stay alive long enough first

A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun

this quasi-autobiographical story (the name of one of the protagonists is famously an anagram of the author's name) follows the adventures of two teenage girls

Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think gritty realism are both perfectly normal andAuthor Contributor(s): Hanson, Victor Davis Publisher: Anchor Date: 10 12 2004 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle, the acclaimed historian Victor Davis Hanson weaves wide ranging military and cultural history with his unparalleled gift for battle narrative as he illuminates the centrality of