Victor Davis Hanson: War and Its Impact on Society

The military historian and classicist spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco in May.

VDH thinks that going to war is largely irrational, like a lot of human activity. In the words of Thucydides, the impetus is “honor, fear and self-interest.”

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