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A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson
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- Summary
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- "Hanson portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander; artists, among them Aristophanes; and philosophers including Sophocles and Plato."
- "Hanson's analysis of events and personalities raises many questions: Were Athens and Sparta like the United States and the Soviet Union, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East - or was it more like America's own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century's "red state-blue state" schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 397 p.
- Contents
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- Ch. 1. Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431)
- Ch. 2. Fire : the war against the land (431-425)
- Ch. 3. Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426)
- Ch. 4. Terror : war in the shadows (431-421)
- Ch. 5. Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418)
- Ch. 6. Walls : sieges (431-415)
- Ch. 7. Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413)
- Ch. 8. Ships : the war at sea (431-404)
- Ch. 9. Climax : trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405)
- Ch. 10. Ruin? : winners and losers (404-403)
- Isbn
- 9780413775252
- Label
- A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War
- Title
- A war like no other
- Title remainder
- how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War
- Statement of responsibility
- Victor Davis Hanson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "Hanson portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander; artists, among them Aristophanes; and philosophers including Sophocles and Plato."
- "Hanson's analysis of events and personalities raises many questions: Were Athens and Sparta like the United States and the Soviet Union, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East - or was it more like America's own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century's "red state-blue state" schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present."
- Cataloging source
- VFRK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hanson, Victor Davis
- Dewey number
- 938.05
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Greece
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431) -- Ch. 2. Fire : the war against the land (431-425) -- Ch. 3. Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426) -- Ch. 4. Terror : war in the shadows (431-421) -- Ch. 5. Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418) -- Ch. 6. Walls : sieges (431-415) -- Ch. 7. Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413) -- Ch. 8. Ships : the war at sea (431-404) -- Ch. 9. Climax : trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405) -- Ch. 10. Ruin? : winners and losers (404-403)
- Control code
- 000040184078
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 397 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780413775252
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)122279542
- Label
- A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431) -- Ch. 2. Fire : the war against the land (431-425) -- Ch. 3. Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426) -- Ch. 4. Terror : war in the shadows (431-421) -- Ch. 5. Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418) -- Ch. 6. Walls : sieges (431-415) -- Ch. 7. Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413) -- Ch. 8. Ships : the war at sea (431-404) -- Ch. 9. Climax : trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405) -- Ch. 10. Ruin? : winners and losers (404-403)
- Control code
- 000040184078
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- xviii, 397 p.
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780413775252
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)122279542
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