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9%OFFDonald Kagan - The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War) - 9780801495564 - V9780801495564
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The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War)

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Description for The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War) Paperback. Series: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612. Series: Cornell paperbacks. 420 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; JW. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 26. Weight: 612.

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, ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Series
A New History of the Peloponnesian War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801495564
SKU
V9780801495564
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Ref
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About Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University.

Reviews for The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (A New History of the Peloponnesian War)
A profound analysis of the relation of strategy to politics, a sympathetic but searching critique of Thucydides' masterpiece, and a trenchant assessment of the voluminous modern literature on the war.
Bernard Knox
The Atlantic Monthly
Kagan's book is a contribution of considerable distinction, scrupulously fair, carefully argued, and lucidly written. And, what is more, it is persuasive.... ... Read more

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