Comment Re:Serious Question: Why do Germans outperform? (Score 1) 461
Maybe you should actually read the book, instead of taking someone else's word on it's contents, then commenting on those comments.
The thesis is not that universal military superiority of Western culture, but that a culture is reflected in how a civilization or nation wages war.
Western culture does not guarantee success in any endeavor, but in war, gives a larger margin for error than many others.
Really, read the book, your local library probably carries it. Hanson is no mere darling of the right, as someone describes him in this thread, but a well-informed classicist and a good writer.