Book Review: The Savior Generals, by Victor Davis Hanson
But what of The Savior Generals? They saved lost causes and won wars which their countrymen had grown defeatist toward.
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
― George Orwell
Peace has always been a goal of civilization, but desiring peace does not mean foregoing violence, for those who desire violence will always exist. A strong military is necessary to preserve freedom and civilization itself, but how that military exists and operates is one of the great moral questions of our time. We’ll attempt to tackle that and more as we write about the position of an armed force in a Christian’s perspective.
But what of The Savior Generals? They saved lost causes and won wars which their countrymen had grown defeatist toward.
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