The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

by: Strassler, R.B.

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Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom.Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than 2,000 years, The Peloponnesian War is a mine of military, moral, political, and philosophical wisdom. However, this classic book has long presented obstacles to the uninitiated reader. Robert Strassler's new edition removes these obstacles by providing a new coherence to the narrative overall, and by effectively reconstructing the lost cultural context that Thucydides shared with his original audience. Based on the venerable Richard Crawley translation, updated and revised for modern readers. The Landmark Thucydides includes a vast array of superbly designed and presented maps, brief informative appendices by outstanding classical scholars on subjects of special relevance to the text, explanatory marginal notes on each page, an index of unprecedented subtlety, and numerous other useful features. In any list of the Great Books of Western Civilization, The Peloponnesian War stands near the top. This authoritative new edition will ensure that its greatness is appreciated by future generations.

Opening scene, The world is ten years old
Seeing the system: New system
Information arbitrage
Lexus and the olive tree
...And the walls came tumbling down
Microchip immune deficiency
Golden straitjacket
Electronic herd
Plugging into the system: DOScapital 6.0
Globalution
Shapers, adapters and other new ways of thinking about power
Buy Taiwan, hold Italy, sell France
Golden arches theory of conflict prevention
Demolition man
Winners take all
Backlash against the system: Backlash
Groundswell
America and the system: Rational exuberance
Revolution is U.S
If you want to speak to a human being, press 1
There is a way forward

Subjects:
18.43 ancient Greek literature
431-404 B.C
Chronologie
Commentaries (form)
Greece
Greece History 323-1453
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Campaigns Sources
Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Sources
Grèce Histoire 431-404 av. J.-C. (Guerre du Péloponnèse)
History
Peloponnesische Oorlog
Peloponnesischer Krieg
Thucydides
Translations (form)
Θουκυδίδη Ιστορία

The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War

by: Strassler, R.B.

• ISBN-13: 9780684827902 / 978-0-684-82790-2
• ISBN-03: 0684827905 / 0-684-82790-5
• Simon & Schuster, New York, 1998

Price: 59,00 EURO

1 copy in stock