New history of the Peloponnesian War [[electronic resource] /] / Donald Kagan

• Autore: Kagan Donald
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY, : Cornell University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1710 pages)
• Soggetto topico: History - Greece - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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 -- Frontmatter 2 -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Tides -- 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 -- Front matter 3 -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Part One: The Unraveling of the Peace -- 1. A Troubled Peace -- 2. The Separate League -- 3. The Alliance of Athens and Argos -- 4. The Challenge of the Separate League -- 5. The Battle of Mantinea -- 6. After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and Athens -- Part Two: The Sicilian Expedition -- 7. The Decision to Attack Sicily -- 8. Sacrilege and Departure -- 9. Athenian Strategy and the Summer Campaign of 415 -- 10. The First Attack on Syracuse -- 11. The Siege of Syracuse -- 12. Athens on the Defensive -- 13. Defeat on Land and Sea -- 14. Retreat and Destruction -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions -- Front matter 4 -- Preface -- Contents -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- 1. After the Sicilian Disaster -- 2. The War in the Aegean -- 3. Athens Responds -- 4. Sparta's Riposte -- 5. The Revolutionary Movement -- 6. The Coup -- 7. The Four Hundred in Power -- 8. The Establishment of the Five Thousand -- 9. The War in the Hellespont -- 10. The Restoration -- 11. The Return of Alcibiades -- 12. Cyrus, Lysander, and the Fall of Alcibiades -- 13. The Battle of Arginusae -- 14. The Trial of the Generals -- 15. The Fall of Athens -- 16. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Authors -- Index of Modern Authors
• Sommario/riassunto: A New History of the Peloponnesian War is an ebook-only omnibus edition that includes all four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between Athens and Sparta (431-404 B.C.): The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, The Archidamian War, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition, and The Fall of the Athenian Empire. Reviewing the four-volume set in The New Yorker, George Steiner wrote, "The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North America in the twentieth century is vivid. . . . Here is an achievement that not only honors the criteria of dispassion and of unstinting scruple which mark the best of modern historicism but honors its readers. "All four volumes are also sold separately as both print books and ebooks.
• Titolo autorizzato: New history of the Peloponnesian War
• ISBN: 0-8014-6728-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452758503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II