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The Peloponnesian War / Donald Kagan.
LIBRA DF229 .K34 2004x
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kagan, Donald.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Greece--History--Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
- Greece.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 511 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Books, 2004.
- Summary:
- For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: The Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world's most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance. The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today. One of the world's foremost historians presents a fresh look at the greatest war of ancient Greece and a pivotal moment in Western civilization that still resonates today.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- pt. 1. The road to war
- ch. 1. The great rivalry (479-439)
- ch. 2."A quarrel in a far-away country (436-433)
- ch. 3. Enter Athens (433-432)
- ch. 4. The decisions for war (432)
- pt. 2. Pericles' war
- ch 5. War aims and resources (432-431)
- ch. 6. The Theban attack on Plataea (431)
- ch. 7. The plague (430-429)
- ch. 8. Pericles' last days (429)
- ch. 9. Rebellion in the Empire (428-427)
- ch. 10. Terror and adventure (427)
- pt. 3. New strategies
- ch. 11. Demonstenes and the new strategy (426)
- ch. 12. Pylos and Sphacteria (425)
- ch. 13. Athens on the offensive : Megara and Delium (424)
- ch. 14. Brasidas' Thracian campaign (424-423)
- ch. 15. The coming of peace (422-421).
- pt. 4. The false peace
- ch. 16. The peace unravels (421-420)
- ch. 17. The alliance of Athens and Argos (420-418)
- ch. 18. The battle of Mantinea (418)
- ch. 19. After Mantinea : politics and policy at Sparta and Athens (418-416)
- pt. 5. The disaster in Sicily
- ch. 20. The decision (416-415)
- ch. 21. The home front and the first campaigns (415)
- ch. 22. The first attack on Syracuse (415)
- ch. 23. The siege of Syracuse (414)
- ch. 24. The besiegers besieged (414-413)
- ch. 25. Defeat and destruction (413)
- pt. 6. Revolutions in the Empire and in Athens
- ch. 26. After the disaster (413-412)
- ch. 27. War in the Aegean (412-411)
- ch. 28. The revolutionary movement (411)
- ch. 29. The coup (411)
- ch. 30. The four hundred in power (411)
- ch 31. The five thousand (411)
- ch. 32. War in the Hellespont (411-410).
- pt. 7. The fall of Athens
- ch. 33. The restoration (410-409)
- ch. 34. The return of Alcibiades (409-408)
- ch. 35. Cyrus, Lysander, and the fall of Alcibiades (408-406)
- ch. 36. Arginusae (406)
- ch. 37. The fall of Athens (405-404)
- Conclusion
- Sources for the history of the Peloponnesian War
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0142004375
- 9780142004371
- 0670032115
- 9780670032112
- OCLC:
- 55232488
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