Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome / edited and Introduced by Victor Davis Hanson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanson, Victor Davis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--History--To 500.

Military art and science.

History.

Military history, Ancient.

Physical Description:

x, 265 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]

Contents:

From Persia with love : propaganda and imperial overreach in the Greco-Persian Wars / Tom Holland

Pericles, Thucydides, and the defense of empire / Donald Kagan

Why fortifications endure : a case study of the walls of Athens during the classical period / David L. Berkey

Epaminondas the Theban and the doctrine of preemptive war / Victor Davis Hanson

Alexander the Great, nation building, and the creation and maintenance of empire / Ian Worthington

Urban warfare in the classical Greek world / John W. I. Lee

Counterinsurgency and the enemies of Rome / Susan Mattern

Slave wars of Greece and Rome / Barry Strauss

Julius Caesar and the general as state / Adrian Goldsworthy

Holding the line : frontier defense and the later Roman Empire

Peter J. Heather.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691137902

0691137900

OCLC:

435711006