Greek warfare : myth and realities / Hans van Wees.

• Autore: Wees, Hans van.
• Pubblicazione: London : Duckworth, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: XIV, 349 p., [16] p. di tav. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Soggetto topico: Arte e scienze militari - Storia; Arte e scienze militari - Grecia - Storia
• Soggetto geografico: Grecia Storia militare Fino a 146 a.C.
• Nota di bibliografia: Contiene bibliografia: pp. 317-331
• Nota di contenuto: Kinsmen, friends, and allies : the society of states -- Justice, honour, and profit : causes and goals of wars -- Pleonexia : structural causes of war -- Men of bronze : the myth of the middle-class militia -- The other warriors : light infantry, cavalry, body-servants, and mercenaries -- Politics and the battlefield : ideology in Greek warfare -- Bodies of men : training and organisation of the militia -- The bare necessities : mobilisation and maintenance of armies -- Rituals, rules, and strategies : the structure of campaigns -- Ambush, battle, and siege : changing forms of combat -- The deeds of heroes : battle in the Iliad -- The archaic phalanx : infantry combat down to the Persian Wars -- The classical phalanx : infantry combat transformed -- The wall of wood : ships, men, and money -- War at sea : classical naval campaigns -- Conclusion : the development of Greek warfare : war and the state.
• ISBN: 0715629670
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 991001667639707536
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento