The Archidamian War

by: Kagan, D.

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The Archidamian War remains sober, judicious, and comprehensive. There is nothing else like it available in Englishâ•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 viewâ•warmly embraced by too many scholarsâ•that Pericles's war strategy was justifiable."
<BR>— Peter Green â• <em>Times Literary Supplement</em></P></P><P><P>This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan&#39;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.

Contents

1. Plans and Resources
2. The First Year of the War
3. The Plague and Its Consequences
4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio
5. The Revolt at Lesbos
6. Sicily and Corcyra
7. Demosthenes
8. Pylos and Sphacteria
9. Megara and Delium
10. The Coming of PeaceConclusions
Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income
Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Modem Authors
Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions

The Archidamian War

by: Kagan, D.

• ISBN-13: 9780801497148 / 978-0-8014-9714-8
• ISBN-03: 0801497140 / 0-8014-9714-0
• Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1990

Price: 39,00 EURO

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