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March 26, 2003  (with an update on April 9)

Fresno State Professor Gains National Renown for Scholarly Analysis of Iraq War

Fresno State classics professor Victor Davis Hanson has earned national recognition as a leading scholar on national policy and the Iraq conflict. 

The conservative National Review magazine has an archive of Hanson's columns available online.

Related articles:

Hanson Opinion Piece in today's LA Times

New York Post Column - April 7

Most Recent National Review Column

How Books Have Shaped U.S. Policy -- New York Times (April 5)

March 28 Fresno Bee Article

Fresno Bee Article

News Journal (Central Ohio)

Pacific Research Institute

Newhouse News Service

U.S. News Profile (fee)

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-- Background --

Victor Davis Hanson, a professor of classics and coordinator of the Classical Studies program at California State University, Fresno, is a prolific author, scholar and military historian.

In addition to teaching, he writes a column bi-weekly about contemporary culture and military history for National Review Online.

Hanson’s insightful, conservative commentary thrust was thrust into the upper echelon of politics post-9/11. He was invited to lecture President Bush’s staff on the history of terrorism and methods used to combat it. At the invitation of Vice President Dick Cheney he discussed military history and efforts to deal with military challenges with the vice president, news commentator and Pulitzer Prize winner George Will, commentator Bret Hume and Republican strategist Mary Matlin.

Late last year, Hanson was asked by the captain of the USS Kennedy to visit the Navy aircraft carrier at sea, where he remained a guest for two days. He also attended President Bush’s and Vice President Cheney’s individual Christmas parties.

Hanson is concluding a year as a visiting professor of military history at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he draws on Greek and Roman wars to teach future military leaders.

Hanson earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz, studied in Greece and received his doctorate in classics from Stanford University. He joined the Fresno State faculty in 1984 to initiate the Classical Studies Program.