Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon / J. K. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, J. K., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

I INTRODUCTION

II HOPLITE ARMOUR AND WEAPONS

III COMMISSARIAT AND CAMPS

IV THE GENERAL AND HIS OFFICERS

V WEAPON TRAINING

VI TACTICAL TRAINING

VII HOPLITES AND OTHER ARMS

VIII HOPLITES AGAINST HOPLITES: FROM THE NEMEA TO TEGYRA

IX THE "BATTLE OF THYMBRARA"

X THE BATTLE OF LEUCTRA

EPILOGUE: THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANTINEA

APPENDIX: THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SPARTAN ARMY IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE NOTES

NOTES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

Plates & Figures

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520335806

0520335805

OCLC:

1198929241