The Concept of Neutrality in Classical Greece / Robert A. Bauslaugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bauslaugh, Robert A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neutrality--Greece--History.

Neutrality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 305 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Looking at Classical warfare from the perspective of the non-belligerents, Robert A. Bauslaugh brings together the scattered evidence testifying to neutral behavior among the Greek city-states and their non-Greek neighbors. Were the Argives of 480/479 B.C. really "Medizers," as many have accused, or were they pursuing a justifiable policy of neutrality as they claimed? On what basis in international law or custom did the Corcyraeans claim non-alignment? Why were the leading belligerent states willing to accept the inclusion of a "neutrality clause" in the Common Peace of 371? These questions have not been asked by historians of international law, and the answers provide a far more complex and sophisticated picture of interstate relations than has so far been available.Despite the absence of exclusively diplomatic language, the concept of respect for neutrals appears early in Greek history and remains a nearly constant feature of Classical wars. The problems confronting uncommitted states, which have clear parallels in modern history, were balanced by widespread acceptance of the need for limitations on the chaos of warfare.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Ancient Greek Diplomatic Terminology for Abstention from Conflict

2. The Ancient Sources

3. The Origins and Background of the Classical Concept of Neutrality

4. The Realities of Remaining Uncommitted

5. From the Earliest Evidence to the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War(ca. 600-431)

6. The Peloponnesian War to the Peace of Nicias (431-421)

7. From the Peace of Nicias to the End of the Peloponnesian War (421-404)

8. From the Carthaginian Invasion of Sicily to the Spartan Defeat at Leuctra (406-371)

9. From the Battle at Leuctra to the Victory of Philip II at Chaeronea (371-338)

Conclusion

Select Bibliography

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520909335

052090933X

9780585160177

0585160171

OCLC:

1149520412