Professor Hanson talked about his career and his writings and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail. He is the author of numerous books, including [The Western Way of War; The Soul of Battle; Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea; Who Killed Homer? The Decline of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom; Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power; Mexifornia: A State of Becoming]; and [Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq]. Victor Davis Hanson teaches classics at California State University, Fresno, and is also the coordinator of the University's Classical Studies Program. He is a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and writes a biweekly column about contemporary culture and military history for [National Review] Online. He lives on a 40-acre tree and vine farm near Selma, California, that has belonged to his family since the 1870s.