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Every book Victor Davis Hanson recommended on podcasts
Victor Davis Hanson’s most recommended books
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
- MRI of the Brain and Spine 2.0 by Scott W. Atlas
- The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler, Arthur Helps, Charles Francis Atkinson
- The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot
- The War on Warriors by Pete Hegseth
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Victor Davis Hanson is a commentator and academic who regularly appears on The Megyn Kelly Show to analyze political and cultural topics. Throughout his podcast appearances, Hanson has discussed and referenced a variety of notable literary works and non-fiction books. He recounted conversations discussing Oswald Spengler's historical work, The Decline of the West, and cited Scott Atlas's extensive medical text, MRI of the Brain and Spine 2.0, to defend Atlas's professional credentials and expertise against critics. Hanson also mentioned an unnamed book on classics to illustrate his perspectives on political polarization and academic discourse. When discussing potential military and political reforms, Hanson referenced Pete Hegseth's book, The War on Warriors, and defended J.D. Vance's memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, against criticisms regarding Vance's upbringing in Middletown, Ohio. Furthermore, Hanson discussed educational policies by highlighting book ban controversies surrounding Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Mark Twain's The adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Booker T. Washington's autobiography, Up From Slavery.
Books recommended by Victor Davis Hanson
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“it's kind of like orwell talked about an animal farm it's it's if you're woke and you virtue signal”
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Hillbilly Elegy
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.
Discussed“You read the book, he didn't quite say that. He was honest about their situation. He was from this group of people. Yes, Kentucky, but it's His book is really about his upbringing in Middletown, Ohio.”
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MRI of the Brain and Spine 2.0
Discussed“I said, do you know who these people are? Do you have any idea? They have authored hundreds, thousands of peer-reviewed articles. I said you know that if you are in neuroraiologist there's this huge tome you can't even lift it it's so big it's called MRI and the brain edited authored by Scott Atlas it was the definitive work”
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a classic American novel depicting the mischievous exploits of a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River.
Discussed“They banned Tom Sawyer. They banned a lot of Mark Twain's work because of the N-word...”
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The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler, Arthur Helps, and Charles Francis Atkinson is a monumental historical and philosophical work that argues civilizations go through a predictable cycle of birth, growth, maturity, and ultimate decay.
Discussed“He was reading and I said, what do you think about Spingler's Decline of the West? He was reading and I said, you are better educated than I see most undergraduates with BAs from good schools.”
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The Harvard Classics
The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot is a renowned multi-volume anthology compiling foundational works of world literature, philosophy, and history.
Discussed“I'm reading I'm I'm believe it or not I'm reviewing right now a book on classics and the professor who's on the left has used the word whiteness and white in a book not concerned with race 258 times in a 148 page book I count them all about anger and hatred”
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The War on Warriors
The War on Warriors by Pete Hegseth is a critical examination of the United States military, cultural shifts within the armed forces, and proposed Department of Defense reforms.
Discussed“if you read his book War the war on Warriors would probably do”
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To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic American novel by Harper Lee that explores themes of racial injustice and moral growth in the American South.
Discussed“I mean, nobody on the right said, Let's ban To Kill a Mockingbird. There's a lot of school districts that banned that.”
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Up From Slavery
Up From Slavery is an autobiography by Booker T.
Discussed“I mean going way back to Booker T on Booker Washington when he wrote up from slavery that was his theme”
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Books Victor Davis Hanson wrote
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“That's basically the theme the theme of the book I wrote, The Counterrevolution.”
“I wrote a book mexifornia 20 years ago and it was happening then”
“and I mentioned that in the epilogue that they've repeatedly said they wanted to destroy Taiwanese civilization it's an aberration that it doesn't really exist and when I just mentioned that in the book The Chinese publisher gave me an ultimatum either take that out or we're going to cancel the Chinese translation”
“all during the 19 late 70s and 80s i kind of wrote a book about it called who killed homer with john heath”