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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson

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Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. He is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of “The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won,” from Basic Books. You can reach him by e-mailing authorvdh@gmail.com.

Articles by Victor Davis Hanson

Illustration on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pondering the rationale behind bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped a uranium-fueled atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 repeated the attack on Nagasaki, Japan, with an even more powerful plutonium bomb.

August 22, 2018
Illustration on the renewal and periodic re-invention of American society by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Radical turnarounds have been common in U.S. history

"Make America Great Again" is the oft-caricatured slogan of the Donald Trump presidency. When President Trump was elected, he boasted of jump-starting the economy to achieve an annual economic growth rate of 4 percent.

August 1, 2018
Illustration on solving the problems of NATO by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Reforming NATO is the only way to save it

Donald Trump recently ignited yet another firestorm by hedging when asked whether protecting the newest NATO member, tiny Montenegro, might be worth risking a war.

July 25, 2018
The Problem with NATO Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NATO’s challenge is Germany, not America

During the recent NATO summit meeting, a rumbustious Donald Trump tore off a thin scab of niceties to reveal a deep and old NATO wound — one that has predated President Trump by nearly 30 years and goes back to the end of the Cold War.

July 18, 2018
Illustration on the emotional and political state of the Democrat party by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

When the left can’t come to grips with losing power

Key Trump administration officials have been confronted at restaurants. Rep. Maxine Waters, California Democrat, urged protestors to hound Trump officials at restaurants, gas stations or department stores.

July 4, 2018
Illustration on Inspector General Michael Horowitz by Linas Garsys/The WAshington Times

Finding government abuse in the Obama administration and doing nothing about it was wrong

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, an Obama administration appointee, is scheduled to deliver a report this week on DOJ and FBI abuses during the 2016 campaign cycle. Remember: His last investigation of FBI misconduct advised a criminal referral for fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who allegedly lied to federal investigators.

June 13, 2018
Illustration on Europes's vanishing calm by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Europe’s vanishing calm

The Rhone River Valley in southern France is a storybook marriage of high technology, traditional vineyards and ancestral villages. High-speed trains and well-designed toll roads crisscross majestic cathedrals, castles and chateaus.

June 6, 2018
The Watergate Complex is seen in Washington, on Tuesday, July 21, 2009. The Watergate Hotel, part of a complex made famous by a presidential scandal, is heading to the auction block Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Opponents of Watergate-like abuses applaud them now

After a landslide loss in the 1972 presidential election, the Democratic Party was resuscitated the following year by the Watergate scandal. The destruction of the Nixon presidency powered the Democrats to make huge political gains in the 1974 elections.

May 30, 2018
Illustration on U.S. leverage with North Korea and Iran by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The U.S. has the leverage with Iran and North Korea

There has been a lot of misinformation about both getting out of the so-called Iran deal and getting into a new North Korean agreement. The two situations may be connected, but not in the way we are usually told.

May 23, 2018
Harry S. Truman Associated Press photo

Truman as a model for Donald Trump

When President Harry S. Truman left office in January 1953, most Americans were glad to see him go. Since the introduction of presidential approval ratings, Mr. Truman's 32 percent rating was the lowest for any departing president except for that of Richard Nixon, who 21 years later resigned amid the Watergate scandal.

May 9, 2018