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His collection invites readers to reflect on the enduring influence of history in today’s world and the philosophical questions underpinning Western thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"why-the-west-has-won-by-victor-davis-hanson-9780571216406","title":"Why the West has Won","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Davis Hanson proposes that the military superiority and global dominance of \u003cem\u003eWhy the West has Won\u003c\/em\u003e has been intimately linked to its faith in democracy and personal liberty. 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Victor Davis Hanson, known for his military histories and his social commentary, is a fifth-generation Californian who lives on a family farm in the Central Valley and has written eloquent elegies on the decline of agrarianism, \u003cem\u003eFields Without Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Land Was Everything\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere too, he ponders what has changed in California over the past quarter century, examining how the state and the Southwest more broadly—indeed, the entire nation—have been altered by hemorrhaging borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHanson admires the ambition and vigour of immigrants who have helped make California strong, but he indicts the disordered immigration policies that led to the present mess. 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