New history of the Peloponnesian War / / Donald Kagan

• Autore: Kagan Donald
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 455 pages) : maps
• Soggetto topico: History - Greece - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
• Soggetto geografico: Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: NEW HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR -- THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR -- Contents -- Preface -- 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 -- II. 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 -- A. The Willingness of the Members of the Delian League to Accept Athenian Leadership -- B. The Historicity of Diodorus' Account of the Spartan Assembly in 475 ; C. Chronology of Events between ca. 470-453 D. Reconstruction of the Athenian Tribute Lists -- E. The Papyrus Decree -- F. The Foundation of Thurii -- G. Athenian Actions in the West between the Wars -- H. Athenian Treatment of Byzantium -- I. The Date of Pericles' Pontic Expedition -- ] . The Site and Date of Brea -- K. The Date of the Battle of Potidaea -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions -- Index of Modem Authors -- THE ARCHIDAMIAN WAR -- Preface -- Contents -- 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 -- THE PEACE OF NICIAS AND THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION -- Contents ; 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 o f Syracuse -- 12. Athens on the Defensive
• 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.: 9910826750903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II