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The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge

by: Rahe, P.A.

Price: 19,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Sparta / Laconia
Code: 22667
ISBN-13: 9780300227093 / 978-0-300-22709-3
ISBN-10: 0300227094 / 0-300-22709-4
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Date: 2015
Publication Place: New Haven and London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 408
Book Condition: New
Comments: Yale Library of Military History

More than 2,500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was responsible for the initial establishment of the Hellenic defensive coalition and was, in fact, the most essential player in its ultimate victory. Drawing from an impressive range of ancient sources, including Herodotus and Plutarch, the author veers from the traditional Atheno-centric view of the Greco-Persian Wars to examine from a Spartan perspective the grand strategy that halted the Persian juggernaut. Rahe provides a fascinating, detailed picture of life in Sparta circa 480 B.C., revealing how the Spartans' form of government and the regimen to which they subjected themselves instilled within them the pride, confidence, discipline, and discernment necessary to forge an alliance that would stand firm against a great empire, driven by religious fervor, that held sway over two-fifths of the human race.


Contents:
Introduction : a clash of civilizations
Prologue : a regime and its grand strategy
Part I. The crisis of Sparta's grand strategy. A shadow growing in the east
Mainland defense
The Ionian revolt
The first round
Part II. The crisis comes to a head. The formation of the Hellenic League
Thermopylae and Artemisium
Salamis
Plataea and Mycale
Epilogue : the aftermath

 
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The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge

by: Rahe, P.A.

  • ISBN-13: 9780300227093 / 978-0-300-22709-3
  • ISBN-03: 0300227094 / 0-300-22709-4
  • Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2015

Price: 19,00 EURO

(in stock)