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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453157803321

Autore

Kagan Donald

Titolo

The Archidamian War / / Donald Kagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8014-6722-5

0-8014-6723-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.) : maps

Disciplina

938/.05

Soggetti

HISTORY

Military / General

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Greece

Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C

Greece Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. Plans and Resources -- 2. The First Year of the War -- 3. The Plague and Its Consequences -- 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio -- 5. The Revolt at Lesbos -- 6. Sicily and Corcyra -- 7. Demosthenes -- 8. Pylos and Sphacteria -- 9. Megara and Delium -- 10. The Coming of Peace -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income -- Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions

Sommario/riassunto

This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides



and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals.