The Peloponnesian War - Donald Kagan
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For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century BC the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the 20th century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state. The result was a period of unprecedented brutality, one that violated even the rugged code that had previously governed Greek combat, and led to an enormous destruction of life and property, intensification of factional and class hostility, and a reversal of the trend toward democratic development. With these came a collapse in the habits, institutions, beliefs, and restraints that had long been the foundation of civilization.
Now Donald Kagan, one of the world’s most respected historians, has written a new account of the Peloponnesian War—a lively, readable narrative that offers a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance. In chronicling the rise and fall of a great empire, The Peloponnesian War illuminates the interplay of intelligence and chance in human affairs, the role of great individuals and masses of people in determining the course of events, and the potential of leadership and the limits within which it must operate. Among the brilliant portraits of extraordinary statesmen are those of Pericles, the greatest among the Athenians and a man determined to pursue a policy of deterrence, and the charismatic, duplicitous Alcibiades. Kagan captures the dynamic of war in his thrilling re-creations of some of the most famous military campaigns of antiquity.
With its fresh examination of a pivotal moment of Western civilization, The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of historiography—a chronicle of a dark time whose lessons are especially resonant today.
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This post has 13 comments with rating of 5/5
January 5th, 2022
Thank you very much :-)
January 5th, 2022
Sweet, thanks!
January 5th, 2022
WOW!opacupa Thank you so much. This is the best rated book so far about this complex complicated war and its subject. the book sold half a million. The book is in chronological order so everyone don’t be intimidated by its long length, the narrator is also good.
January 5th, 2022
Kagan’s the historiographical, classical bomb.
January 5th, 2022
Thanks for this! Cheers mate!
January 5th, 2022
Thank you for a quality, properly categorized upload! You Rock!
January 6th, 2022
Can’t thank enough for this gift, great upload! This book’s a gem :)
January 6th, 2022
“phalanxes are socialist”
– IamAnalIam
January 7th, 2022
Thank you kindly, opacupa.
Our democracy is much like the Athenians in that it works great, but only for a minority. If you can afford lobbyists you’ll be fine. It’s a neat trick US right wing think tanks duped the American people with - if a company or industry group/union pays money to people (lobbyists)to get them a better deal it’s perfectly normal - no problem. BAU for capitalism. BUT If a group of workers (union) pays money to people (union reps/lobbyists))to get them a better deal, some how it’s branded Commie or socialists when in reality labor unions are doing the exact same thing corporations and industry groups do. Same thing. Different labels. Neat trick.
January 7th, 2022
Their suffrage was for people who could defend the polis with their bodies. Anyone who couldn’t throw down could Γαμώ off. Xena gets my vote.
January 8th, 2022
#caesar963
I totally agree. Women and spastics should just do as they’re told.
January 8th, 2022
u do realise the topic is ancient Greece, & not your febrile fantasy world, uh, don’t u?! “Spastics” as you refer to these human beings, were typically exposed to the elements & nature, as infanticide was widely practiced.
u might want to join the real world. The wub is a very strange place…
February 17th, 2022
Thank you, opacupa!
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