Iranian pro-government supporters participate in an anti-Israeli rally on Enghelab Street to express their support for Palestinians, in Iran on Oct. 18, 2023. Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”