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The Peloponnesian War

Yale historian Donald Kagan chronicles the Peloponnesian War, a 30-year series of conflicts between the enlightened Athens and the war-hungry Sparta.

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  • "Yale historian Donald Kagan chronicles the Peloponnesian War, a 30-year series of conflicts between the enlightened Athens and the war-hungry Sparta."@en
  • "For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state. This new account offers a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance."
  • "For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state ..."@en
  • "For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state. This new account offers a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance."@en
  • "[In this volume, the author] has written [an] account of the Peloponnesian War. [He] offers a ... detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance. In chronicling the rise and fall of a great empire, [the volume] illuminates the interplay of intelligence and chance in human affairs, the role of great individuals and masses of people in determining the course of events, and the potential of leadership and the limit s within which it must operate. [The volume] is a magisterial work of historiography - a chronicle of a dark time whose lessons are especially resonant today.-Dust jacket."
  • "Yale historian Donald Kagan chronicles the Peloponnesian War, a 30-year series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta."@en

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  • "The Peloponnesian War"
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