The Archidamian War - Brossura

Kagan, Donald

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ISBN 10: 0801497140 ISBN 13: 9780801497148

Casa editrice: Cornell Univ Pr, 1990

Riassunto

"The Archidamian War remains sober, judicious, and comprehensive. There is nothing else like it available in English?certainly nothing that takes all the modern scholarship into account.... But perhaps the most valuable achievement of the book is its carefully reasoned demolition of Thucydides's view?warmly embraced by too many scholars?that Pericles's war strategy was justifiable."
— Peter Green ? Times Literary Supplement

This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals.

This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cornell Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0801497140
• ISBN 13: 9780801497148
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile