The outbreak of the Peloponnesian War / / D. Kagan

• Autore: Kagan Donald
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca [N.Y.], : Cornell University Press, 1989, c1969
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Disciplina: 938/.05
• Soggetto topico: HISTORY / Military / Ancient
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History; Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
• Soggetto non controllato: 400 BC; ancient athens history; ancient european history; ancient greek history; ancient greek naval history; ancient greek war; ancient histiography; ancient military history; athenian empire; athenian imperialism; books about ancient greek naval history; books about ancient greek war; books about greek war for the casual reader; books about pericles; books about thucydides; books for classics courses; books for greek history lovers; books from historians about ancient greece; causes of the peloponnesian war; classical history buff; classical history; classical literary criticism; classisist; fall of the athenian empire; first stage of the peloponnesian war; greek history; greek military history; history of athens; history of lysander; history of sparta; history of the peloponnesian war; invasions of attica; military study of the peloponnesian war; peace of nicias and the sicilian expedition; peloponnesian war; pericles; spartan king archidamus; spartan occupation; spartan war strategy; students of ancient greece; the archidamian war; the outbreak of the peloponnesian war; the rise and fall athens; the rise and fall of athens; the samian rebellion; thucydides and athenian imperialism; thucydides and the peloponnesian war; thucydides; war between athens and sparta; war studies
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Introduction -- Part One The Alliance System and the Division of the Greek World -- 1. The Spartan Alliance -- 2. The Origins of the Athenian Empire -- 3. Sparta after the Persian War -- 4. Athens after the Persian War -- Part Two The First Peloponnesian War -- 5. The War in Greece -- 6. The Crisis In the Aegean -- 7. The End of the War -- Part Three The Years of Peace -- 8. Athenian Politics: The Victory of Pericles -- 9. Athens and the West: The Foundation of Thurii -- 10. The Samian Rebellion -- 11. The Consolidation of the Empire -- 12. Athenian Politics on the Eve of the War -- Part Four The Final Crisis -- 13. Epidamnus -- 14. Corcyra -- 15. Megara -- 16. Potidaea -- 17. Sparta -- 18. Athens -- Part Five Conclusions -- 19. The Causes of the War -- 20. Thucydides and the Inevitability of the War -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions -- Index of Modern Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts. He focuses his study on the question: Was the war inevitable, or could it have been avoided?Kagan takes issue with Thucydides' view that the war was inevitable, that the rise of the Athenian Empire in a world with an existing rival power made a clash between the two a certainty. Asserting instead that the origin of the war "cannot, without serious distortion, be treated in isolation from the internal history of the states involved," Kagan traces the connections between domestic politics, constitutional organization, and foreign affairs. He further examines the evidence to see what decisions were made that led to war, at each point asking whether a different decision would have been possible.
• Titolo autorizzato: Outbreak of the Peloponnesian war
• ISBN: 9780801467202; 0801467209; 9780801467219; 0801467217
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911131820803321
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