The Peloponnesian War
$45.78
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2004
Summary
A chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire, and an examination of the dark times that still resonate today.
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, presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Ath…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142004371 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142004375 |
| Author: | Donald Kagan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 516g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm x 29mm |
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Critics Review
“The best account [of the Peloponnesian War] now available.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
“A fresh, clear and fast-moving account… for general readers.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Drawing on incomparable knowledge as a classicist, international relations theorist and military historian, Donald Kagan… has devoted a single volume to guiding us through that epic of miscalculation, hubris and strategic overreach, supplyingsupplemental observations and correctives to Thucydides’ classic History of the Peloponnesian War.” —The Washington Post
About The Author
Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His four-volume History of the Peloponnesian War is the leading scholarly work on the subject. He is also the author of many books on ancient and modern topics.
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